The Arab coalition led by Saudi Arabia in Yemen announced the start of implementing the second phase of the Riyadh Agreement between the Southern Transitional Council and the Yemeni government.

According to the Saudi ambassador to Yemen, Muhammad Al Jaber, the coalition supervised the release of 38 detainees from both sides after the events in Aden in August 2019.

Al Jaber confirmed in a tweet on his account on "Twitter" that "the release of detainees confirms the parties' keenness to implement the Riyadh agreement."

The Yemeni government and the southern transitional council signed, under Saudi patronage, on the fifth of last November, the Riyadh agreement to end tension and military escalation between them, after four days of confrontations.

The agreement provides for the participation of the Southern Transitional Council in the government delegation for the consultations of the final political solution to end the Houthi coup against Yemeni legitimacy.

The UN envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths praised recent steps taken to implement the "Riyadh Agreement" signed between the Yemeni government and the Southern Transitional Council.

Griffiths office said, via Twitter, that the UN envoy met on Monday with Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi.

He added that during the meeting, Griffiths praised the steps taken recently to implement the Riyadh agreement.

Griffiths will give a briefing to the UN Security Council on January 16 to keep Council members informed of developments in political consultations and progress in implementing the Stockholm Agreement.