This is the second part of the G20 article focusing on the bilateral meetings between President Trump and other world leaders. World leaders concluded the two-day meeting of the G20 on Saturday in Hamburg Germany, where many of the leaders had the opportunity to meet with the US President Donald Trump for the very first time. While the biggest media focus was on the first face to face meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Trump, whose vow to restore relations with Russia created a furor in the United States’ media as well as in the political establishment, as many as 12 world leaders held bilateral meetings with President Trump. Here are some key points from the meetings based on White House and State Department briefings,

• President Trump and Singapore’s Lee Hsien Loong:

The two leaders praised the United States-Singapore economic relationship, which serves as an important hub for United States exports to the fast-growing Southeast Asia region. The President and Prime Minister Lee discussed regional security issues and their shared resolve to press North Korea to abandon its nuclear program and cease its provocations. They also affirmed close cooperation in preventing the rise of terrorism and Islamist extremism in Southeast Asia.

• President Trump and Croatia’s Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic:

President Donald J. Trump met in Warsaw before G20 with President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic of Croatia to discuss issues of mutual interest and ways to further deepen already strong United States-Croatia relations. Reaffirming our commitment to supporting stability and security in the Western Balkans, President Trump urged President Grabar-Kitarovic to do everything possible to advance regional reconciliation. President Trump welcomed Croatia’s efforts to promote energy security and diversification and expressed support for timely completion of the Krk Island liquefied natural gas facility.

• President Trump and China’s Xi Jinping:

President Trump discussed the destabilizing threat posed by North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs and the need to respond to North Korea’s major escalation involving the test of an ICBM. Both sides reaffirmed their commitment to a denuclearized Korean Peninsula. The two leaders also reviewed work in other areas in the bilateral relationship, including economic issues such as reciprocal trade and market access. President Trump and President Xi directed their security and economic teams to make progress in upcoming dialogues.

In addition to that, in response to question on China’s action on North Korea, Mr. Tillerson responded,

“I think with respect to China, what our experience with China has been — and I've said this to others — it's been a bit uneven. China has taken significant action, and then I think for a lot of different reasons, they paused and didn't take additional action. They then have taken some steps, and then they paused. And I think in our own view there are a lot of, perhaps, explanations for why those pauses occur. But we've remained very closely engaged with China, both through our dialogues that have occurred face-to-face, but also on the telephone. We speak very frequently with them about the situation in North Korea.”

• President Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin:

This was the meeting that attracted the most media attention. However, there were no direct comments from the Presidents nor there were statements released from the White House on the meeting. However, Secretary Tillerson and Lavrov briefed the media on details of the meeting. Here are the details from the Secretary’s speech,

“President Trump and President Putin met this afternoon for 2 hours and 15 minutes here on the sidelines of the G20. The two leaders exchanged views on the current nature of the U.S.-Russia relationship and the future of the U.S.-Russia relationship.

They discussed important progress that was made in Syria, and I think all of you have seen some of the news that just broke regarding a de-escalation agreement and memorandum, which was agreed between the United States, Russia, and Jordan, for an important area in southwest Syria that affects Jordan's security, but also is a very complicated part of the Syrian battlefield.

This de-escalation area was agreed, it's well-defined, agreements on who will secure this area. A ceasefire has been entered into. And I think this is our first indication of the U.S. and Russia being able to work together in Syria. And as a result of that, we had a very lengthy discussion regarding other areas in Syria that we can continue to work together on to de-escalate the areas and violence once we defeat ISIS and to work together toward a political process that will secure the future of the Syrian people.

As a result, at the request of President Putin, the United States has appointed — and you've seen, I think, the announcement of Special Representative for Ukraine, Ambassador Kurt Volker. Ambassador Volker will draw on his decades of experience in the U.S. Diplomatic Corps, both as a representative to NATO and also his time as a permanent political appointment.

The two leaders also acknowledged the challenges of cyber threats and interference in the democratic processes of the United States and other countries, and agreed to explore creating a framework around which the two countries can work together to better understand how to deal with these cyber threats, both in terms of how these tools are used to in interfere with the internal affairs of countries, but also how these tools are used to threaten infrastructure, how these tools are used from a terrorism standpoint as well.

The President opened the meeting with President Putin by raising the concerns of the American people regarding Russian interference in the 2016 election. They had a very robust and lengthy exchange on the subject. 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.

The two leaders agreed, though, that this is a substantial hindrance in the ability of us to move the Russian-U.S. relationship forward, and agreed to exchange further work regarding commitments of non-interference in the affairs of the United States and our democratic process as well as those of other countries. So more work to be done on that regard.”