Chinanews.com, June 17th. According to the US Chinese website, on June 16, local time, at the first face-to-face meeting between US President Biden and Russian President Putin, Biden gave Putin a custom aviator sunglasses as a gift. Bye Deng is famous for wearing these sunglasses.
On the 16th local time, Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Biden shook hands and greeted each other at the La Grange Villa in Geneva, Switzerland.
According to reports, at the conclusion of the Geneva summit, the White House announced a gift from Biden to Putin.
This customized sunglasses comes from a sunglasses manufacturer in Massachusetts. The earliest aviator sunglasses were designed by the company for fighter pilots. The company has been supplying their aviator sunglasses to the US military and NATO partners.
The White House said that Biden’s second gift to Putin was a bison-shaped crystal sculpture made by a glass company in New York.
It is unclear whether Putin gave Biden a gift.
After the 2018 summit with former US President Trump in Helsinki, Finland, Putin once gave Trump an official football for the 2018 World Cup.
On that day, Biden and Putin did not hold a joint press conference. Instead, they answered reporters' questions individually, and Putin took the lead.
He said that despite sharp differences on many issues, he believes that he and Biden "speak the same language."
Putin also praised that Biden was "very constructive, (thinking about issues) balanced... and very experienced."
Putin said: “We don’t need to look at each other’s eyes and souls, nor do we need to promise eternal love and friendship. We will defend the interests of our country and people, and our relationship will always be pragmatic.”