Yemen’s southern separatists said on Thursday they were ready to attend a summit in Saudi Arabia to resolve a standoff in Aden.

“We thank Saudi Arabia for its earnest efforts to contain the crisis and invite the parties for talks in Jeddah,” the Southern Transitional Council (STC) said in a statement. “The meeting will be held as soon as necessary arrangements are completed.”

The separatists are a major component of the alliance that intervened in Yemen in March 2015 against the Houthis after they ousted the government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi from power in the capital Sanaa in late 2014. The government rebased in Aden, while Hadi remains in Riyadh.