United Nations Envoy to Yemen Martin Griffiths officially launched diplomatic efforts to bring peace to the war-torn country on Friday by arranging for the establishment of an office in the interim capital Aden. Griffith discussed this plan in Aden with Planning and International Cooperation Deputy Minister Nizar Basohieb, Yemeni government official sources revealed. The British envoy will likely start his UN mission in early March, succeeding Mauritanian Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed. He will assume his post amid optimism from Yemeni parties that his efforts will culminate in reaching a peace agreement that ends the Houthi coup against legitimacy forces. The meeting between Basohieb and the UN delegation “touched upon the mechanisms of coordination and cooperation and the opening of the UN envoy’s office in accordance to local laws and regulations,” the Saba news agency reported. For his part, Local Administration and Relief Minister Abdul Raqib Fatah welcomed the international initiative to open the UN office in Aden. Fatah said in an official statement that the opening of the office will give the opportunity for other relief and humanitarian international organizations to set up offices in Aden. The UN Security Council is scheduled to hold a meeting tackling the Yemen crisis on February 27, reviewing the latest briefing of former UN envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed after his term in office, as well as the latest report of the UN Panel on Yemen. The government said it is committed to supporting any efforts to reach a peace agreement with the Houthi coup, provided that the solution is based on the three negotiating powers - the Gulf Initiative and its Executive Mechanism, the results of the national dialogue, Security Council resolution 2216 and other relevant resolutions.