(AP) – Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump’s envoy to the Middle East, and Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and senior adviser, visited the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln on Saturday following a round of indirect talks with Iran held a day earlier.

The visit, at the invitation of U.S. Central Command Commander Adm. Brad Cooper, was aimed at expressing appreciation to American troops stationed in the region, officials said.

President Trump described the discussions in Oman as “very good,” saying Iran appeared highly interested in reaching an agreement.

The talks marked the first negotiations between the sides since the joint U.S.-Israel strike on Iran last summer.