Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was quoted on Friday as saying that he sees no obstacles to extending the UN-brokered deal allowing Ukrainian Black Sea grain exports after discussions with his Russian and Ukrainian counterparts.

"There is no obstacle to extending the export deal. I saw this in the talks I held with (Ukrainian President Volodymyr) Zelenskyy last night and also in the talks I held with (Russian President Vladimir) Putin," the Turkish news channel NTV cited Erdogan as telling reporters on his plane returning from a trip to Azerbaijan.

NTV also quoted Erdogan as saying that more than 8 million tonnes of grains and other foods had been exported under the deal signed in July.