The UN says the talks between the government, the Houthi rebel movement and its allies aimed to find a "durable settlement" to the months-long crisis.
At least 5,700 people - almost half civilians - have been killed since a Saudi-led coalition launched a military campaign against the rebels in March.
The coalition is seeking to drive back the Houthis and restore the government.
Representatives of President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, the Houthis and the General People's Congress party of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh - whose loyalists in the security forces have backed the rebels - are meeting in the city of Biel. The talks are expected to last all week.
The UN's special envoy to Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, who is mediating the talks, said the truce was a "first step towards building lasting peace".
The Saudi-led coalition has said said it reserved the right to respond to any breach.
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