KIEV, May 21 – Saudi Arabia plans to conclude a forward contact with Ukraine in June to buy four million tons of barley, according to the Agricultural Policy and Food Ministry.

"Early in June this year, representative of the farming sector of Saudi Arabia are to visit Ukraine to kick off cooperation. In particular, they are to conclude an agreement on forward purchases, with the first contract foreseeing four million tons of barley," Minister Mykola Prysiazhniuk said.