All gifts given to the president are now housed by the National Archives, a requirement for any gift to federal officials worth more than $415.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Joe Biden and meet during the U.S.-Russia summit at Villa La Grange on June 16, 2021, in Geneva, Switzerland.“The U.S. and Afghan leaders firmly agreed that although U.S. troops are leaving Afghanistan, the strong bilateral partnership will continue,”Abdullah Abdullah
, who at the time was in charge of the Afghan peace council and widely regarded as one of the most powerful leaders besides Ghani, gifted a brass and lapis lazuli jewelry box to Biden, estimated to be worth $1,150. Only two months later, on Aug. 15, the Ghani government fell when he fled the country and the Taliban took control of Kabul.
According to the State Department’s chief protocol officer’s annual report, Biden received more than $46,000 in gifts from foreign leaders during his first year in office,National Archives now holds all of the gifts from Putin and Ghani, as is required for any gift to a U.S. official that is worth more than $415 — although they can retain the gift if they pay the estimated worth. Biden chose to keep a $2,200 photograph of Queen Elizabeth II that had been given to him at a Group of Seven summit in southeast England, according to
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