Putin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nUS President Donald Trump met his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, at a second, previously undisclosed meeting at the G20 in Germany earlier this month, the White House says.<\/p>\n
They held talks after a formal sit down but details of what they discussed have not been revealed.<\/p>\n
A White House official described it as a \u201cbrief conversation\u201d.<\/p>\n
Their relationship is under intense scrutiny amid allegations of collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign.<\/p>\n
US intelligence believe Russia helped Mr Trump in last year\u2019s presidential election, something denied by Russia. Mr Trump has rejected any collusion.<\/p>\n
The second meeting happened during a private meal of heads of state at the G20 summit in Hamburg.<\/p>\n
The US president was alone, and Mr Putin was attended only by his official interpreter, with US media saying it lasted an hour.<\/p>\n
The only version of what was discussed was provided to White House officials by Mr Trump himself, as there were no other US aides present at the conversation.<\/p>\n
The White House confirmation came after media reports revealed the encounter. An official described the interaction as a \u201cbrief conversation\u201d, not a \u201csecond meeting\u201d.<\/p>\n
A Russian translator was used, the official added, because the US translator at the dinner did not speak Russian.<\/p>\n
The second talks were first reported by Ian Bremmer, president of the US-based Eurasia Group, in a newsletter to clients. He described that both talked \u201cprivately and animatedly\u201d and that the lack of a US translator had raised eyebrows at the dinner.<\/p>\n
The White House official added that the \u201cinsinuation\u201d that the government had \u201ctried to \u2018hide\u2019 a second meeting is false, malicious and absurd\u201d.<\/p>\n
At the formal meeting, their first face-to-face encounter, Mr Trump said he repeatedly pressed Mr Putin about the allegations of interference in the US vote.<\/p>\n
\u201cI said, \u2018Did you do it?\u2019 He said, \u2018No, I did not, absolutely not.\u2019 I then asked him a second time, in a totally different way. He said, \u2018Absolutely not.’\u201d<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the White House said Mr Trump would nominate former Utah governor Jon Huntsman as ambassador to Russia.<\/p>\n
Mr Huntsman, who served as ambassador to China and Singapore, needs to have his name confirmed by the Senate.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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