United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres opened the General Assembly’s annual high-level debate on Tuesday with a speech in which he repeatedly expressed appreciation to the administration of President Donald Trump for its efforts to resolve conflicts around the world.

Though Guterres condemned budget cuts — a clear reference to Trump’s policies of limiting American taxpayer spending on international institutions — and promoted ideas anathema to the Trump White House such as the existence of an alleged “climate crisis,” his speech remained largely favorable to the conservative president, who spoke later on Tuesday and did not mince words in his disapproval of Guterres’s organization.

The two met in person following their respective speeches and were highly complimentary; Guterres thanked Trump for using America’s leverage to seek ceasefires around the world, while Trump told Guterres his administration was fully supportive of the tremendous potential of the United Nations.

The General Assembly’s high-level debate is an annual gathering of world leaders, where each is given a “voluntary” 15-minute segment to deliver an address on a topic of their choosing. Guterres traditionally opens the event as the leader of the United Nations, followed by the president of the General Assembly, the president of Brazil, and the president of the host country, the United States.

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