Russia on Thursday weighed in on the announcement that President Donald Trump brokered a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel in the Gaza Strip, saying the peace plan “gave hope” to the world. 

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke positively of the deal during remarks at the Russia-Central Asia Summit in Tajikistan, while saying he hopes the three-phase agreement “will actually be implemented in practice.”

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Trump’s “initiative was, from the very beginning, generally received positively both in the Arab and Islamic worlds,” Putin said, adding that Russia is prepared to support “any peaceful efforts aimed at stopping the bloodshed and bringing peace to the region.”

Putin’s remarks come after he discussed Trump’s peace plan for Gaza with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a phone call on Monday. 

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Trump’s plan was “the best solution we have on the table” and “gave hope,” in comments to Reuters. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov spoke highly of the deal, but cautioned that Russia will be looking for concrete actions from both parties to carry out the agreement.

“We certainly support these efforts. It cannot help but cause general satisfaction that a ceasefire in Gaza is already being established. All these efforts can be welcomed,” Peskov said in a statement to Interfax. “We hope that the signatures will be delivered today, and then actions will follow to implement the agreements reached.”

Trump received international acclaim and bipartisan praise on Thursday after announcing that Israel and Hamas agreed to the first phase of his plan overnight to establish peace in Gaza.

A ceasefire in Gaza has already begun, as the world waits to see if phase one of Trump’s plan will be implemented by both parties. That phase calls on Hamas to release the remaining Israeli hostages, within a 72-hour window beginning Friday night local time. Israel will release nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners in exchange. Israel will also withdraw its troops from most of Gaza, removing themselves behind a “yellow line” during the 24-hour ceasefire. 

Questions are swirling over whether the peace plan will hold, amid worries from Israel that Hamas could renege on the agreement to hand over hostages. Some of the concerns stem from statements from Hamas explaining the improbability that it will be able to quickly locate all the deceased bodies of Israeli hostages, some of which are allegedly buried under rubble. The bodies have been “scattered across Gaza,” according to negotiators. 

“There will be no end to the war in Gaza if Hamas does not hand over all 48 living and deceased hostages and completely disarm per the terms of the agreement,” Jerusalem’s ambassador to the U.S., Yechiel Leiter, warned in an interview with Fox News Digital on Thursday.

However, Trump sought to assuage concerns during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Thursday. The president said that the 20 hostages still alive would be released on Monday or Tuesday of next week. The remains of the 28 deceased hostages would also be returned at a later date, Trump added, explaining it had been a complicated process for the hostage release.

Significant obstacles remain to achieving final peace in the region, which would include the disarmament of Hamas.

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But hope is in the air, with Palestinians in Gaza seen cheering after hearing news that a ceasefire had been reached. 

“This is more than Gaza — this is peace in the Middle East,” Trump said Wednesday evening.