SANAA: A Dutch couple kidnapped in Yemen six months ago have been freed in the capital Sanaa, the two countries announced on Tuesday.

The couple, in good health, will be flown back home on Wednesday, they said, without giving details on the abductors or how the pair’s release was secured.

“Dutch journalist Judith Spiegel and her partner Boudewijn Berendsen, abducted since June 8, have been freed,” a security official said, quoted by Yemen’s state news agency Saba.

“The kidnappers freed the Dutch couple in an area near the embassy of the Netherlands and they are in a good health condition,” Saba reported, without giving details.

The Dutch ambassador in Sanaa, Jeroen Verheul, wrote on Twitter: “Happy to confirm that Judith and Boudewijn have been released safe and sound.”

The Hague said “the Yemeni and Netherlands governments are extremely pleased to welcome the news of the release” of the couple.

“They were recently released in the vicinity of the Netherlands Embassy,” said the Dutch foreign ministry.

“The couple is in a good physical condition, extremely happy to have survived their ordeal unharmed and wishes nothing more than to be soonest reunited with their family,” it said.