We received 40 prisoners, 20 of those were captured inside Yemen, Reuters quoted a Houthi spokesman,Mohammed Abdulsalam,as saying in astatementon Saturday.
The official, however, did not elaborate on the locationwhere the remaining prisoners are being held.
The development comes as Houthi fighters and their allies, on theone hand, and Saudi-backed loyalists to ex-president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, on the other side, are holding UN-brokered negotiations aimed at ending the conflict gripping the impoverished state.
The discussions, which started in Kuwait City on April 21 after a three-day delay, are underway against the backdrop of an open-endedceasefire that began in the conflict-ridden countryat midnight on April 10.
Warring parties also began face-to-face negotiations for the first time on April 30.
Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, theUNspecialenvoyfor Yemen, described the atmosphere of the talks as positive, saying everyone renewed their commitment to cease hostilities.
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UN special envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed attends a press conference at Kuwait's Ministry of Information in Kuwait City on April 22, 2016. AFP[/caption]We are working to develop a framework that builds on commonalities. Does this mean we removed all obstacles to a political solution? No, but we are getting there, he added.
On Saturday, a Houthi delegation in the peace talks presented a plan to the UN for a transitional government to oversee a handing over of weapons and freeing of political prisoners before elections.
The Houthis have demanded the exclusion of Hadi from the future vote, according to a negotiating source. Meanwhile, the Hadi side wants the Houthis and allies to hand over arms and withdraw from the areas under their control.
The Houthis have been demanding a complete lifting of the blockade which has been imposed on Yemen by Saudi Arabia since March 2015. Hadis delegations, says, however, that the Houthis must first implement the terms of a UN resolution and withdraw from the areas they have captured in Yemen.
Yemen has seen almost daily military attacks by Saudi Arabia since late March 2015, with internal sources putting the toll from the bloody aggression at more than 9,500.
The Houthi Ansarullah fighters took state matters into their own handsafter the resignation and escape of Hadi, which threwYemen into a state of uncertainty and threatened a total security breakdown in the country, where an al-Qaeda affiliate ispresent.
By Press TV
