Vice President Mike Pence starred down Russian President Vladimir Putin at a summit in Singapore, where the U.S. says he entreated the foreign leader not meddle in America's elections.
Putin said he and Pence spoke on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations conference, discussing arms control and other issues.
Pence's press secretary, Alyssa Farah, said in a statement that the two 'touched on the issues that will be discussed when President Trump and President Putin are both in Argentina for the G20 summit.'
An NBC reporter said that the the VP's office actually went further in private, claiming a spokesperson said Pence brought up Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election during the conversation that took place on camera but was inaudible.
Vice President Mike Pence starred down Russian President Vladimir Putin at a summit in Singapore, where the U.S. says he entreated the foreign leader not meddle in America's elections
Putin said he and Pence spoke on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations conference, discussing arms control and other issues
Pence's press secretary said in a statement that the two 'touched on the issues that will be discussed when President Trump and President Putin are both in Argentina for the G20 summit'
The talk took place at the plenary session of ASEAN on Thursday afternoon.
At a dinner the night before, Pence and Putin exchanged a brief hello.
The vice president told NBC he wasn't in a position at the dinner to say more.
'Well we really didn't have the opportunity, he was literally across a broad table,' Pence explained. 'Look, we've been very clear about this administration's commitment to ensure, whether it be Russia or other countries, that there's no tolerance for meddling in our elections.'
He stressed that the United States had taken 'decisive action' to protect the integrity of the ballot box.
'I know the president has also made that very clear in his meetings with the president in the past,' Pence asserted.
Pence and Putin's interaction at ASEAN on Thursday was brief. Trump and Putin have a planned meeting in just a few weeks.
Putin said Thursday that Moscow and Washington need to discuss the future of the 2011 New START arms-reduction agreement and the situation around the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty.
Trump has declared his intention to withdraw from the INF, which was signed by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
The Russian leader also said Thursday that if he and Trump meet as expected in Argentina later this month, they will also discuss Syria, North Korea and Iran.
He added that Moscow is prepared for 'the restoration of full-fledged work' if Washington is ready for that. 'We undoubtedly need a dialogue on the highest level, as well as on the level of experts,' he said.
The Kremlin also hit out at the 'unpredictability' of the United States under Trump, saying it was causing 'deep global concern.'
'The fact that America has become unpredictable lately is no secret to anyone,' Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Dozhd TV during Putin's trip to Singapore.
'Such unpredictability from the largest country, the most powerful economy in the world, is the subject of deep global concern,' he added.
Trump and Putin greeted each other with smiles at the centennial anniversary of Armistice Day in Paris over the weekend. Putin even flashed his counterpart a thumbs up - the American president's favored greeting.
Morocco's King Mohammed VI, President Donald Trump, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Australian Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove ahead of the 100th Anniversary of Armistice Day in Paris
Poker faces: Trump, Merkel and Macron smile as Putin arrives at the Armistice Day ceremony on Sunday
The pair will have a more substantive meeting in two weeks at the G20 summit in Buenos Aires the last week of November. They already had a summit over the summer in Helsinki together.
Relations between the two countries have hit new lows with American officials slapping Russia with fresh sanctions in response to the botched poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal in Britain.
Western governments accused Russia of being behind the plot which saw Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, poisoned with a deadly nerve agent. Two British citizens were also poisoned, one of whom died.
Moscow has denied being behind the brazen hit and has condemned efforts to sanction it over the incident.
Trump places a hand on Putin's back as the Russian President greets First Lady, Melania Trump
'We do not recognise these unilateral restrictions... and we consider them illegitimate,' Peskov said of the threatened sanctions, adding they would only 'further complicate' Russia-US relations.
World leaders are currently meeting in Singapore, which is hosting the annual Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit.
Trump is not at the gathering, though, and Pence, his vice president, instead.
He just returned from Paris on Sunday night and leaves after the Thanksgiving holiday for the Group of 20 meeting in Argentina.
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Main photo article Vice President Mike Pence starred down Russian President Vladimir Putin at a summit in Singapore, where the U.S. says he entreated the foreign leader not meddle in America’s elections.
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