HAMBURG — Russian President Vladimir Putin gave a firsthand account Saturday of his face-to-face meeting with President Trump, saying the U.S. leader appeared satisfied Russia didn't meddle in last year's election.

"Well, he asked lots of questions indeed on that subject, and as far as I could I answered," Putin said at a press conference concluding the G-20 summit in Hamburg. "And I think he was satisfied with my answers."

Putin said he told Trump that Russia was not behind the hacking of emails belonging to rival Hillary Clinton's campaign, a controversy that has mushroomed into a special counsel investigation in Washington to determine whether Trump campaign aides knew or abetted Russian interference.

"And I think he noted it and he agreed with it. I think it’s better to ask him," Putin said.

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Trump has not given his own account of the meeting, except to say Saturday he "had a tremendous meeting" with Putin. He wrapped up meetings with world leaders Saturday without conducting the traditional end-of-summit press conference, and aides briefing reporters on Air Force One declined to challenge Putin's account.

Putin's statement backs a similar account given by his foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, after the face-to-face meeting Friday. But Putin added more details, saying Trump was particularly interested in the Russian president's conversations with President Obama about the issue last year.

Putin said he declined to answer. "I said I'm not going to reveal details of my conversations with President Obama," he said through an interpreter. "That is not part of world diplomatic practice, and I think it would be very incorrect therefore for me to talk about my discussions."Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Friday that both leaders recognized it was important not to re-litigate the controversy in order to move forward on other issues.

But Tillerson said the two leaders also agreed not to interfere in each other's elections in the future, and have directed their governments to put that agreement to paper.

U.S. intelligence agencies have fingered Russia — and Putin personally — for the theft of emails from Clinton campaign aides last year. Those emails, published on the Wikileaks website, resulted in a series of embarrassing stories leading up to Trump's victory last November.

Putin said those allegations are largely the result of "Russophobia" in the West.

The Russian president said he was impressed with Trump's performance during their 2-hour, 16-minute meeting, and that they were able to make progress on other issues like the Syrian civil war.

The U.S., Russia and Jordan announced a limited cease-fire in southwestern Syria, where the Russian-backed Syrian government and U.S.-backed rebels are vying for control.

"Trump on TV is very different from the Trump in person," Putin said. "He understands things very quickly. It seems to me that we will be able to base future relations on the kind of meeting we had yesterday."