Sanaa, June 19 : The Yemeni government and the Houthi militia concluded the three-day UN-sponsored talks in Jordan on the prisoner swap issue with "positive" outcomes.

The talks began on Friday in Jordan’s capital Amman under the auspices of the United Nations, which has brokered negotiations and ceasefires between the warring sides.

The government confirmed on Sunday that the latest round of talks ended and would resume after the Eid al-Adha holidays which end in early July.

Notably, sources told Al Jazeera Arabic that the Houthi movement had agreed to begin negotiations on the release of prominent politician Mohammed Qahtan, whom they have held for eight years.

Qahtan was a senior figure in the opposition al-Islah Party, which has links with the Muslim Brotherhood.