Trump-Putin discuss US election hacking issue

International Desk: US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the hacking issue during US general election in their first face-to-face meeting at the G-20 summit in Hamburg, Germany on Friday.

It was the first bilateral meeting between the two leaders since Mr. Trump took office which lasted more than two hours long.

In the meeting, Putin denied any role in hacking the 2016 election the two moved on despite the "intractable" differences between the two countries, according to US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.

Tillerson said as he briefed reporters that the Russians have asked for proof and evidence over the issues.

Meanwhile Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told reporters at a separate news conference that Trump accepted Putin's assertion that Russians did not meddle in the election.

Lavrov claimed Mr. Trump said, "Some circles continue to pump up the topic of Russian interference in the American elections though they can't prove it."

Source: Agencies


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