President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, arrived in the Middle East on Wednesday for a 24-hour visit designed to breathe new life into long-stalled Israel-Palestinian peace talks.

Kushner, whom Trump has put in charge of the peace process, was received with a warm welcome from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem.

The Israeli leader said Trump’s visit to the Jewish state last month was a “historic trip, with fantastic warmth, and made an indelible impression on the people of Israel,” according to The Times of Israel.

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“This is an opportunity to pursue our common goals of security, prosperity and peace, and Jared I welcome you here in that spirit, I know of your efforts and the president’s efforts and I look forward to working with you to reach these common goals,” Netanyahu told Kushner.

Kushner replied that Trump sends “his best regards and it is an honor to be here.”

The adviser is also scheduled to meet with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah before returning to the U.S.

He was accompanied by Jason Greenblatt, another Trump Mideast envoy, and U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman.

Trump and his top aides have voiced confidence about brokering a peace agreement, which the U.S. has failed to achieve for more than two decades.

The difficulties were on full display as Kushner arrived in he region. Israel on Tuesday broke ground on a new settlement in the West Bank for residents of another outpost that was deemed illegal by the country’s highest court.

The Palestinians and many other nations say that all Israeli settlement activity is illegal and an obstacle to peace. Palestinians claim the West Bank and East Jerusalem as parts of a future independent state.

The Trump administration has discouraged settlement activity but has not taken as hard of a line as former President Obama.