President Trump says he will be meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, after holding separate phone calls with the Russian leader and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to kick off talks to end almost three years of war, writes NPR.

“The first time we"ll meet in Saudi Arabia, see if we get something done”, he said of a face-to-face with Putin, without providing a date. He said the two would also visit each other’s countries to meet.

“I think we’re on the way to getting peace”, Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “I think President Putin wants peace, and President Zelenskyy wants peace. I want peace. I just want to see people stop getting killed”.

The governments of Russia and Ukraine each confirmed having phone calls with Trump Wednesday and agreed to negotiate.

Zelenskyy said they had a “very substantive” and detailed conversation about “diplomatic, military and economic issues”: “Trump told me about his conversation with Putin. We believe that America’s strength is enough to push Russia and Putin to peace together with us, together with all our partners”.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Putin and Trump talked for an hour and a half, discussing the war in Ukraine and other topics such as a prisoner exchange.