vladimir putin also warmly congratulated his colleague shavkata mirziyoyev on his birthday. old. the head of russian diplomacy on a working trip to the countries of the middle east and north africa in cairo, sergey lavrov, met with egyptian president abdel fattahomossisi and the minister of foreign affairs of the arab republic to discuss cooperation between the two countries and current international topics, in particular the situation in the energy and food markets. it is noted that russia remains reliable grain supplier, despite all western sanctions. under the current conditions, the shadow of the legitimate sanctions that were introduced, which prevented the implementation of operations with russian grain, including insurance, including calls to ports by our ships in foreign ports and calls of foreign ships to russian ports. now, after the signing of agreements in istanbul a on the initiative of the secretary general. he volunteered to seek the removal of these illegitimate restrictions. exactly a week left before the main naval parade in st. petersburg in honor of the d