The German Foreign Minister expressed hope that Ukraine and Russia will close a grain deal The German Foreign Minister, Johann Wedpole, expressed hope that in the coming weeks a deal to export grain through the Black Sea from Russia and Ukraine will be completed. He told ZDF about it. "We will not solve the Ukrainian conflict completely, but we must ensure that it will be possible to transfer grain from Ukraine and Russia to the countries of the Global South. Therefore, I don't want to give up and believe that results can be achieved here in the coming weeks," he noted. Earlier, Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski called for an early ceasefire in the Black Sea to ensure the safe passage of grain ships from Russia and Ukraine.