Trump had undisclosed second meeting with Putin, White House confirms
foto: Trump shakes hands with Putin during the their bilateral meeting at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany on 7 July 2017. Photograph: Carlos Barria/Reuters
A White House official has acknowledged the two presidents met again informally after their bilateral talks at the G20 summit in Germany in July.
Donald Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin held a second, previously undisclosed meeting during the G20 summit in Germany, the White House confirmed on Tuesday.
There was much media scrutiny of the leaders’ formal bilateral talks on 7 July in which, the US president later said, Putin denied allegations that he led efforts to interfere in last year’s US election.