AUGUSTA (AP) — GOP Gov. Paul LePage on Monday ended a two-month stalemate by holding a sought-after face-to-face meeting with Democratic legislative leaders that was also attended by key Republicans.

LePage had rebuffed Senate President Justin Alfond and House Speaker Mark Eves after abruptly canceling a meeting with the two Democratic legislative leaders on Dec. 4. LePage said he wouldn’t meet with them because a Democratic Party cameraman was recording him.

The meeting finally happened in the governor’s Cabinet room on Monday even though the Democratic cameraman has continued recording the governor at public events.

Meeting a day before the governor’s State of the State address, LePage gathered for an hour with Eves and Alfond, along with Republican leaders, Rep. Kenneth Fredette and Sen. Mike Thibodeau.

“The governor said it was a pleasant conversation,” said Adrienne Bennett, the governor’s communications director. She said LePage is ready to “move forward.”

Eves and Alfond were also pleased with the meeting.

“From President Alfond’s point of view, he felt it was important for the leaders of the state to have an opportunity to talk about priorities and how to move the state forward. It was a positive indication that they were able to sit in the same room and have the conversation,” said Ericka Dodge, his spokeswoman.

Eves agreed that the meeting was productive. “All the decision-makers were at the table, talking about the problems that we face,” said Jodi Quintero, his spokeswoman. “From the beginning, he’s said that the problems are too big for one party alone to solve, and we must work together to meet these challenges.”

The governor and GOP leaders played down the flap.

“Rep. Fredette hopes that we can now move forward with the important work of balancing the budget and growing the economy,” said David Sorensen, the House GOP spokesman.