Madonna took her 3-year-old son David, adopted from Malawi, to visit with his biological father Yohane Banda on Monday.

It was their first visit since 2006.

“Madonna is committed to maintaining an ongoing relationship with David’s Malawian roots,” said Liz Rosenberg in a statement Tuesday morning.

Madonna arrived in the African nation this week with David, her 12-year-old daughter Lourdes, and 8-year-old son Rocco, to begin adoption proceedings on a 4-year-old girl named Mercy James. The family is staying in a lodge in the Malawian village of Liliongwe.