UN aid chief is "reasonably confident" in the continuation of the grain agreement between Ukraine and the Russian Federation

Martin Griffiths and UNCTAD Secretary-General Rebeca Grynspan will visit Moscow in October to discuss the deal with Russian officials.

"Our view at the UN is we of course should seek its renewal, and I’m reasonably confident that we will see it (renewed) but also that it needs to go beyond a four-month cycle. We need to see it renewed for a year," Griffiths said in a press briefing in Geneva.

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