President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi will declare a ceasefire when UN-brokered talks between Yemenis kick off on December 15, the Saba news agency reported on Tuesday.
"The ceasefire will aim to pave the way for productive talks and to facilitate access to aid deliveries to the cities affected by the conflict," Saba quoted a presidency official as saying.
"It will be extended if the Houthis act in a way that restores and deepens trust primarily through releasing all detainees and avoiding ceasefire breach," deputy manager of the president's office Abdullah Al-Alimi was quoted as adding.
Part of the government's commitment to the ceasefire, Hadi is expected to request the Saudi-led coalition to stop the months-long airstrikes, according to news reports.
On Monday, the UN envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh said in a press release the Yemeni government and the Houthi group with relevant parties had agreed to participate in the talks in Geneva.
The talks will seek to establish a permanent and comprehensive ceasefire and secure improvements to the humanitarian situation and a return to a peaceful and orderly political transition.
Moreover, the talks aim to develop a plan for the implementation of Security Council Resolutions, including Resolution 2216 which will bring the country back to a peaceful and orderly transition based on the GCC Initiative and the outcomes of the national dialogue, he added.
The Houthi militants with support from forces loyal to the former president ousted the government in late 2014 sparking a civil war and the Saudi-led bombing campaign.
The conflict has left 82% of the country's population, around 21 million, in need of humanitarian aid.
In its latest report on the conflict, the UN said half of the population is one step away from famine.