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UN chief believes Ukraine-Russia war ‘will go on’
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivers remarks during the End of Year Press Conference at the UN headquarters in New York City on December 19, 2022. (Ed JONES / AFP)
UN chief Antonio Guterres says he is pessimistic that Russia’s war in Ukraine will end soon, but he hopes it will be over by the end of next year.
“I am not optimistic about the possibility of effective peace talks in the immediate future,” he tells reporters during his annual end-of-year press conference in New York.
It has been 10 months since Russia invaded its neighbor, late last February.
“I do believe that the military confrontation will go on,” the United Nations secretary-general says at the world body’s headquarters.
“I think we will have still to wait (for) a moment in which serious negotiations for peace will be possible. I don’t see them in the immediate horizon,” he adds.
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