Summary
Russia warned Thursday the war in Yemen could grind on for a "very long time" because of the government's insistence on conditions for a ceasefire.
Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin, speaking to reporters after a U.N. Security Council meeting on the Yemen crisis, told reporters he was concerned that prospects for peace talks were dim.
Russia has repeatedly criticized the Saudi-led bombing campaign in Yemen that was launched last March to push back Iranian-backed Huthi rebels.
U.N. envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed last month told the council that he was hoping to convene peace talks this month to follow up on a first round of consultations held in Switzerland in January.
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