PM Modi presented a diamond worth $20,000 to Jill Biden.This gift was the most expensive of all the gifts Jill Biden received in 2023.This diamond is now kept in the East Wing of the White House.
PM Narendra Modi Gift Jill Biden: Prime Minister Narendra Modi proves time and again through his actions how rich he is at heart. Whenever big leaders of the world come to meet PM Modi, he gives them priceless gifts. This behavior of his attracts world leaders a lot. The discussion about his beautiful behavior has started once again. Because the gift that PM Modi gave to Jill Biden in the year 2023 was the most expensive gift that Jill received from foreign leaders.
US President Joe Biden and his family received gifts worth millions of dollars from foreign leaders in 2023, of which the most valuable gift is a diamond worth 20 thousand US dollars (approximately Rs 17,15,440) given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Jill Biden. According to the annual accounts released by the Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday, the 7.5 carat diamond given by PM Modi is the most expensive gift received by any member of the President’s family in 2023.
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PM Modi’s gift kept in the East Wing of ‘White House’
Apart from this, the Biden family also received a ‘broach’ worth US $ 14,063 from the Ukrainian Ambassador to the US and a ‘bracelet’, brooch and photo album worth US $ 4,510 from the President and First Lady of Egypt. According to the ministry document, the diamond worth US$20,000 gifted by PM Modi has been kept in the East Wing of the ‘White House’ while other gifts received by the President and the First Lady have been sent to the archives.
President Biden also received many expensive gifts
US President Biden himself received many expensive gifts. These include a photo album worth US$7,100 from South Korea’s currently impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, a statue of Mongol warriors worth US$3,495 from the Mongolian Prime Minister, a silver bowl worth US$3,300 from the Sultan of Brunei, a gold medal from Israel, A US$3,160 silver tray from the President and a US$2,400 collage from Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky Are included.
Federal law requires executive branch officials to declare gifts received from foreign leaders and counterparts whose estimated value exceeds US$480. (with AP input)
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FIRST PUBLISHED : January 3, 2025, 1:36 PM IST