Yemen's government starts indirect talks with southern separatists in Saudi Arabia - officials

ADEN (Reuters) - Yemen's government officials have started indirect talks with United Arab Emirates-backed southern separatists in the Saudi Red Sea city of Jeddah to end fighting in Aden and other southern provinces, a Yemeni official said on Wednesday.

A senior Emirati official said earlier that the Gulf state was confident that the Jeddah meeting will succeed in uniting the two sides against what he called the "Houthi coup".

(Reporting by Reuters team in Yemen, writing by Aziz El Yaakoubi; Editing by Catherine Evans)