Make this your homepage
World News
Home > World News
Biden gifts custom-made cycle to Johnson
TIWN
Biden gifts custom-made cycle to Johnson
PHOTO : TIWN

London, June 13 (TIWN) US President Joe Biden gifted UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson a custom-made bicycle while they met for the ongoing G7 Leaders' Summit in Carbis Bay, England.

The US President gifted a handmade $ 6,000 bicycle while the British prime minister presented Biden with a photo of a 19th-century anti-slavery campaigner, during his first overseas trip as US president.  Biden's gift to Johnson is painted blue with red and white decorations to evoke the British Union Jack and signatures of the two world leaders on the crossbar, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. Moreover, US and British flags are present on the head tube of the bike.  According to Politico, Johnson gave Biden a framed photograph of a leading 19th-century anti-slavery campaigner Frederick Douglass.  As per the British media reports, Downing Street decided on the photograph after coming across it on the Wikipedia page for Douglass.

Add your Comment
Comments (0)

Special Articles

Sanjay Majumder Sanjay Majumder
Anirban Mitra Anirban Mitra