In their much- anticipated meeting, Putin and Trump reach a ceasefire in Southern Syria

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In their much- anticipated meeting,  Putin and Trump reach a ceasefire have reached a ceasefire and de-escalation agreement in Southern Syria.

The deal was announced after a meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit of major economies in the German city of Hamburg.

The ceasefire will go into effect on Sunday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Jordan’s Petra news agency said.

Russia and Iran are the main international backers of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad while Washington supports some of the terrorist  groups fighting for his ouster.

In what called alleged interference in the 2016 presidential elections in US, Trump expressed his concern about Russia’s alleged interference in the 2016 presidential election, according to US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.

“They had a very robust and lengthy exchange on the subject,” Tillerson said after the two leaders met for two hours on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany.

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

At a press conference in Poland on Thursday, a US reporter asked Trump to unequivocally say that Russia had interfered in the 2016 presidential election, but he declined.

“I think it was Russia, but I think it was probably other people and/or countries, and I see nothing wrong with that statement,” he said. “Nobody really knows. Nobody really knows for sure.”