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| US President Donald Trump said that his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday was “tremendous.” The first face-to-face meeting between the two leaders lasted for more than two hours on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hamburg. | |
| Trump described the meeting while speaking with UK Prime Minister Theresa May on Saturday. | |
| READ MORE: ‘Positive chemistry’ between Trump & Putin at first meeting – Tillerson | |
| Putin and Trump met for more than two hours, instead of the planned 30-40 minutes. The leaders had “positive chemistry” and “connected quickly,” US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said after the meeting on Friday. | |
| The US and Russian leaders were joined at the meeting by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. | |
| READ MORE: ‘Phone talks obviously not enough’: Putin & Trump meet on sidelines of G20 summit (VIDEO) | |
| The leaders discussed many topics, including Ukraine, Syria, and cybersecurity and fighting terrorism, according to Putin, who spoke at a news conference later. | |
| After the meeting, US and Russian officials announced a ceasefire agreement in southwestern Syria, set to take effect on July 9. The ceasefire applies to the southern Daraa, Quneitra, and As-Suwayda provinces. | |
| “In this zone, the ceasefire regime will take effect on July 9 starting 12:00 Damascus time,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said after the meeting between Trump and Putin. | |
| The presidents also agreed to create a bilateral channel to promote a settlement of the Ukrainian crisis, Lavrov said, adding that the Ukrainian crisis was discussed “in a concrete, businesslike” manner. |