Russian President Putin gifted President Biden a distinctive desk set valued at $12,000 in June 2021, the most expensive gift Biden received from a foreign leader that year.
President Joe Biden next to a bowl of Irish shamrocks during a virtual meeting with Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin on St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 2021.WASHINGTON — Vladimir Putin gifted President Joe Biden a distinctive Russian desk set valued at $12,000 after their meeting in Geneva in June 2021, the most expensive gift Biden received from a foreign leader that year.
First lady Jill Biden accepted a silk carpet from Afghanistan’s first lady valued at $19,200 in June 2021, just weeks before her husband’s government fell in the face of a rapid Taliban takeover following the U.S. military withdrawal. The annual report from the Office of the Chief of Protocol offers insight into ways in which foreign leaders try to personalize diplomacy with the White House.
The president of Vietnam gave Biden a sand painting — of Biden. Queen Elizabeth II offered Biden a framed photo of herself, as was the custom of the late British monarch.
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