London, December 06, 2018, SPA -- The British government welcomed the announcement by the UN special envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths that an arrangement has been signed in the first day of peace negotiations between the warring factions in Yemen to swap prisoners of war. Jeremy Hunt, Britain's foreign secretary, said in a press release that the news coming from Sweden, the host of Yemen peace negotiations, is a positive step. He expressed hope that the Yemeni talks would result in confidence building among the Yemeni parties and proceed in serious talks that would conduce into durable peace in Yemen. --SPA 19:53 LOCAL TIME 16:53 GMT 0025 www.spa.gov.sa/w800827