<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">The four-month deal on exporting grains from Ukraine agreed with Moscow and Kyiv, which runs out on November 22, should be extended for a year, a UN chief said Monday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The United Nations' humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths said he was "reasonably confident" that the Black Sea Grain Initiative deal would be renewed.</div><div><br></div><div>Two agreements were signed under the UN on July 22 -- to allow the export of Ukrainian cereals blocked by Russia's war in the country, and the export of Russian food and fertilisers despite Western sanctions imposed on Moscow.</div><div><br></div><div>"It needs to go beyond the four-month cycle. We need to see it renewed for a year," Griffiths told a press conference in Geneva. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>