President Joe Biden marked his first presidential summit with Russia’s Vladimir Putin with a present, bestowing his counterpart with a pair of customized aviator sun shades.
Biden is so recognized for carrying aviator shades that he’s typically parodied over them. He notably stored carrying his aviators whereas assembly Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle on Sunday.
The customized aviators are a model manufactured in Massachusetts and designed for fighter pilots, the White House mentioned, saying the items after Biden and Putin concluded their summit in Geneva on Wednesday.
President Joe Biden of the U.S. and President Vladimir Putin of Russia simply earlier than the beginning of their assembly within the Villa La Grange, in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, June 16, 2021. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)
The U.S. chief additionally gave Putin a crystal sculpture of an American bison made by a New York-based glass firm.
The Kremlin has not mentioned whether or not and the way Putin could have reciprocated.
