Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told reporters on Friday that Trump had actually “accepted” Putin’s assurances that Moscow was not behind the meddling in the 2016 presidential election. Lavrov's account also would appear to deviate from what Tillerson told reporters in his off-camera press briefing. “The president pressed Putin on multiple occasions—Putin denied involvement, as I believe he has done in the past,” Tillerson said. Trump, Putin, Tillerson and Lavrov were the only people in the room for the meeting, other than translators. Tillerson did, however, confirm to reporters Friday that the Trump administration’s stance on the Assad regime is left unchanged.

Source: Fox News July 07, 2017 20:18 UTC