Russian President Vladimir Putin received President Donald J. Trump’s envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, at the Kremlin on Thursday and asked them to convey his gratitude to President Trump for organizing contacts between Russia and Ukraine, the Russian newspaper Kommersant reported, citing the state news agency TASS.

In the open portion of the meeting, Putin noted progress on humanitarian issues concerning Ukraine and asked the envoys to thank first lady Melania Trump for organizing a humanitarian mission in Aleshki, Kommersant reported. Kirill Dmitriev, head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, and presidential aides Vladimir Medinsky and Yuri Ushakov also took part. The Kremlin announced on its website that the meeting had begun on Thursday.

The meeting followed two days of U.S.-mediated talks among American, Russian and Ukrainian delegations in Abu Dhabi, the first such three-way talks since February, ABC News reported. The talks ended Wednesday with an agreement on a large prisoner exchange, according to the Associated Press. Kushner wrote on X that the exchange “will reunite families, build trust, and create momentum toward peace.”

“Bringing Ukraine and Russia back together for the first trilateral talks since February was an important step,” Kushner wrote. “The discussions were serious, detailed, and frank.” Witkoff and Kushner were expected to travel to Dublin to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, ABC News reported.