Yoon, 10 million won worth of gifts to Biden...List of gifts received during Biden's tenure

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U.S. President Joe Biden and his wife received tens of thousands of dollars worth of gifts from foreign leaders and others last year.

This is disclosed in the annual accounting data released by the U.S. State Department.

The emergency decree was declared last month. President Yoon Suk Yeol, who passed the impeachment bill after it was lifted in six hours, presented President Biden with a commemorative photo album worth $7,100 and 10.4 million won in our money.

The most expensive gift was a 7.5-carat diamond given to First Lady Jill Biden by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which cost $20,000 and our money 23.95 million won.

In addition, President Biden received a statue of a Mongolian warrior worth $3,495 (about 5.1 million won) from the Mongolian prime minister, a silverware worth $3,300 (about 4.8 million won) from the sultan of Brunei, a silver tray worth $3,160 (about 4.6 million won) from the Israeli president, and a collage work worth $2,400 (about 3.5 million won) from the warring Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky.

In addition, Mrs. Biden received a brooch worth $14,063 (about 20.6 million won) from the Ukrainian ambassador to the United States and a bracelet, brooch, and album worth $4,510 (about 6.6 million won) from the Egyptian president and his wife.

Under federal law, U.S. administration officials are required to report gifts estimated to be more than $480 (W700,000) from foreign leaders or organizations, and these high-priced gifts are usually transferred to the National Archives and Records Administration or officially displayed.

The $20,000 diamond that Ms Biden received was kept in the East Wing of the White House for official use, while other gifts were transferred to the Archives and Records Administration, according to State Department documents.Vanessa Valdivia, a spokeswoman for Mrs. Biden

, said the diamonds would also be transferred to the Archives after Mr. Biden leaves office, the Associated Press reported.




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