The United Nations said on Monday that Yemen’s warring parties are expected to observe a ceasefire and start peace talks in Switzerland from December 15.

The United Nations said on Monday that Yemen's warring parties are expected to observe a ceasefire and start peace talks in Switzerland from December 15.

Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, UN special envoy to Yemen, said that the exiled Yemen government of fugitive President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi and Houthi revolutionaries were committed to the peace process laid down by the Security Council last April.

Resolution 2216 called on all sides to end the violence and avoid unilateral actions that jeopardize a political transition.

"I have been strongly encouraging the parties to work on confidence-building measures including implementing a ceasefire, the releasing of prisoners and facilitating the delivery of humanitarian supplies," Ould Cheikh Ahmed told reporters in Geneva where he announced the talks.

"We are hoping to have a ceasefire starting immediately with the talks, but in order to consolidate that and to make it a lasting and long-term and final ceasefire we need to discuss that," he added.

Yemen has been since March 26 under brutal aggression by Saudi-led coalition. Thousands have been martyred and injured in the attack, with the vast majority of them are civilians.

Riyadh launched the attack on Yemen in a bid to restore power to fugitive Hadi who is a close ally to Saudi Arabia.