(VOVworld) - Talks aimed at ending Yemen's war have been extended by a week. The United Nations envoy to Yemen, Ould Cheikh Ahmed, said on Sunday that the UN hopes that the delegations can utilize this remaining week to achieve progress on the path towards peace.

UN special envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed leaves after a meeting with Houthi movement officials in Sanaa, Yemen July 14, 2016. (photo: Reuters/Khaled Abdullah)

The slow-moving negotiations are aimed at ending a 16-month-old conflict that has killed more than 6,400 people, nearly half of them civilians, and displaced more than 2.5 million.
A truce that began in April has slowed the momentum of fighting, but violence continues almost daily.