RANDOLPH,United States – For his first meeting with Vladimir Putin in Geneva this week, President Joe Biden gifted his Russian counterpart a pair of American-made sunglasses in the US leader’s signature aviator style.
Peter Waszkiewicz, head of Randolph Engineering, said he felt “surprise” at seeing the sunglasses his company made become a diplomatic token at a meeting followed the world over.
“It was a normal business day until about after 12:00, when the phones started ringing and the social media went abuzz, then we realized what was going on,” he told AFP, saying it was “pretty tense and exciting.”
“It’s pretty amazing, isn’t it? I mean …
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