Trump challenges Putin over meddling in first face-to-face meeting at G20 summit that went on for TWO HOURS and resulted in Syrian ceasefire deal

Trump said that he was 'honored' to meet Putin as they sat down together on Friday afternoon. As the meeting started he said that he and Putin had been 'discussing various things and I think it's going very, very well'

President Donald Trump raised the simmering issue of Russian election interference in a face-to-face meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin – and Putin denied it, according to secretary of state Rex Tillerson.

Bringing up that highly charged issue that his team refused to telegraph was on the table, Trump 'pressed' Putin on Russian interference in the U.S. elections.

The president 'pressed President Putin on more than one occasion regarding Russian involvement,' Tillerson said. President Putin denied such involvement as I think he has in the past,' he continued.

'He began by raising the concern of the American people of Russian interference in the 2016 election,' Tillerson said.

Tillerson, who was in the meeting, said the Russians pushed Trump for proof and evidence of a claim the president himself doubted as recently as Thursday.

'The president at this point pressed him and felt like at this point, let’s talk about how do we go forward,' Tillerson said. He said the issue may simply be an 'intractable disagreement.'