<sod >Scroll down for video  Trump said that he was 'honored' to meet Putin as they sat down together on Friday afternoon. As the meeting started he said that he and Putin had been 'discussing various things and I think it's going very, very well' Meeting: Trump also shook hands with Sergey Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, as he sat down with Vladimit Putin for the first time Putin on a brave face: The public warmth at the start of the meeting appears to have dissipated behind closed doors as Trump challenged Putin on hacking  'He began by raising the concern of the American people of Russian interference in the 2016 election,' Tillerson said. The president 'pressed President Putin on more than one occasion regarding Russian involvement,' Tillerson said. 'President Putin denied such involvement as I think he has in the past,' he continued.< eod>< sod > Scroll down for video  Trump said that he was 'honored' to meet Putin as they sat down together on Friday afternoon. As the meeting started he said that he and Putin had been 'discussing various things and I think it's going very, very well' Meeting: Trump also shook hands with Sergey Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, as he sat down with Vladimit Putin for the first time Putin on a brave face: The public warmth at the start of the meeting appears to have dissipated behind closed doors as Trump challenged Putin on hacking  At the end both sides walked away with a deal for a ceasefire in part of Syria, a public victory for Trump in his first encounter with Putin, who has now dealt face-to-face with every American president since Bill Clinton.< eod>