The cost of elite alcohol is estimated at $ 5.8 thousand
After the investigation, the US State Department could not find an expensive bottle of Japanese whiskey, which was presented to former Secretary of State Michael Pompeo.
As ABC News reports , we are talking about a bottle of 30-year-old Suntory Hibiki whiskey, which Pompeo introduced to the Japanese government in 2019.
Inspectors also failed to find commemorative gold coins and other tens of thousands of dollar gifts lost during Donald Trump's presidency.
The Foreign Ministry report also states that the gift safe was “in a state of disarray at the time of the inspection.” “The store had 77 people who entered the premises more than three thousand times.
It had previously been announced that valuables could disappear from the State Department's gift vault in January. Among them, gift bags with memorable souvenirs purchased for The leader of the G7 countries.
The sets included leather briefcases, tin trays and marble boxes, and the cost of each set is estimated at $ 680.
The packages were to be unveiled at the G7 summit in Camp David in 2020, but the action was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.