President Obama did not discuss Russia’s alleged meddling in the U.S. elections during his short conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday.

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“That’s behind us,” Obama told reporters during a press conference at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Peru.

The President said he and Putin discussed Russia’s air campaign in Syria and the Minsk negotiations regarding Ukraine.

In October, the Obama administration formally accused Russia of trying to interfere in the American elections by hacking emails belonging to Democratic National Committee members.

Obama said Sunday that he was more concerned with the “general misinformation” from both domestic and foreign sources, subtly referencing recent reports of fake news circulating on Facebook.

“If we have a strong, accurate and responsible press, and we have a strong civic culture and an engaged citizenry, then various attempts to meddle in our elections won’t mean much,” said Obama.