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VIDEO SHOWS: RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SERGEI LAVROV WITH EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SAMEH SHOUKRY AT JOINT-NEWS CONFERENCE / LAVROV COMMENTING ON WESTERN SANCTIONS AND GRAIN CRISIS EDITORS, PLEASE NOTE: AUDIO QUALITY AS INCOMING RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: CAIRO, EGYPT (JULY 24, 2022) (REUTERS-Access All) 1. EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SAMEH SHOUKRY, WALKING TOWARDS PODIUM WITH RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SSERGEI LAVROV 2. (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER, SERGEI LAVROV, SAYING: "Today, we have considered in details those steps that our respective departments (Russian and Egyptian Foreign Ministries) need to prevent damage from Western sanction for our economic bounds and. We want to reconfigure our relationship under new conditions caused by illegitimate sanctions from the U.S. and their allies." 3. SHOUKRY AND LAVROV DURING NEWS CONFERENCE 4. (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER, SERGEI LAVROV, SAYING: "(We considered ways to prevent damage from) Those illegitimate sanctions which hindered operations with Russian grain, including insurance issues and problems with entry of Russian vessels into foreign ports and foreign vessels into Russian ports. Now, at the initiative of the UN Secretary General, who took the stand to seek the lifting of restrictions after signing the agreement in Istanbul. We hope he would make it. But irrespective of this, we have an understanding how to work on fulfilment of our contracts between the Russian Federation and our Egyptian partners." 5. NEWS CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS 6. NEWS CONFERENCE ENDING / SHOUKRY AND LAVROV WALKING OUT STORY: Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov offered reassurances over Russian grain supplies to Egypt during a visit to Cairo on Sunday, amid uncertainty over a deal to resume Ukrainian exports from the Black Sea. Egypt is one of the world's top wheat importers and last year bought about 80% of those imports from Russia and Ukraine. Russia's Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine disrupted shipments and sped up a rise in global commodity prices, delivering a financial shock to Egypt. In its response to the war, Egypt has been torn between long-standing ties to Russia and its close relationship to Western powers that have sanctioned and sought to isolate Moscow. Western embassies had lobbied Egypt and the Arab League ahead of Lavrov's visit, which included talks with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and representatives of the Arab League. "We reaffirmed the commitment of Russian grain exporters to meet all their commitments," Lavrov said in a press conference with Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry. Since the start of the war, a blockade of Ukrainian ports by Russia's Black Sea fleet has trapped tens of millions of tonnes of grain, worsening global supply chain bottlenecks. Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the United Nations signed a deal on Friday to restart Ukrainian wheat exports by sea, but a Russian strike on Odesa on Saturday put implementation of the agreement in doubt. Russia has blamed the blockade on Ukrainian mines, though under Friday's deal pilots would guide ships along safe channels. Lavrov said he hoped the United Nations would succeed in removing "illegitimate restrictions" on shipping. Russia has continued to supply Egypt with wheat since the war's outbreak, selling to both the government and the private sector. Lavrov is visiting Egypt at the start of a regional tour of African states. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBtvktYF8qs