Armed tribesmen released on Sunday a Turkish citizen who was kidnapped in Yemen's southern Abyan province in September, Yemeni officials in the capital Sanaa said.
The Turk was released through a tribal mediation and handed over to the Yemeni authorities in the port city of Aden which in turn handed him to a delegate of his country's embassy, the officials said.
A tribe in Al-Mahfad district, Abyan, kidnapped the Turk, who worked for a land transpiration company on September 18 to pressure the government to release a tribal prisoner who has been detained in a state jail for four years.
The Turk is in good condition, the officials said, but they did not say whether the government has met the demand of the tribe.
Meanwhile, Al-Qaeda is continuing the detention of some foreigners including the Saudi deputy consul who were held earlier this year.
A Swiss female and the Saudi diplomat were kidnapped in March and several bids by the authorities to release have failed even after the army drove Al-Qaeda militants out of their strongholds in Abyan and Shabwa.
Al-Qaeda and tribes exploited the latest developments in Yemen including the power vacuum and insecurity which were deepened by the unrest to carry out kidnappings.
Kidnapping foreigners, which usually occurs to pressure the authorities to meet demands including releasing prisoners or paying ransom, has recently declined in the country in recent years.