The process of moving towards the lifting of anti-Russian sanctions adopted by Washington will be launched after overcoming the conflicts in Ukraine and Syria, said US President Donald Trump.

Photo: Bernd von Jutrczenka / dpa / Glonal Look Press He said that the topic of sanctions was not raised at his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday in Hamburg.

"Sanctions were not discussed at my meeting with President Putin. Nothing will be done until the problems of Ukraine and Syria are resolved! "- wrote Trump on Twitter.

Earlier, he said that he had agreed with Putin on a ceasefire in a number of areas of Syria. "It's time to move forward in constructive work with Russia!" - stressed the US president.

The first meeting of the Russian and American leaders took place on July 7 at the margins of the G20 summit in Hamburg and lasted more than two hours. Of these, approximately 40 minutes, according to The New York Times, the presidents discussed the alleged interference of Russia in the elections in the United States, and for some time the conversation was on high tones.

Despite this, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson after the meeting said that between the presidents, in his opinion, "positive chemistry has developed".