Finnish nature reserve to be home to panda pair
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CHINA is sending a pair of pandas to Finland.
The two countries finalized an agreement on panda protection, as well as sending the pandas to a Finnish nature reserve, after President Xi Jinping’s talks with Finnish counterpart Sauli Niinisto.
Officials have been discussing the conditions for sending pandas to Finland since December 2014.
The Ahtari Zoo nature reserve said the animals will be loaned for 15 years and are expected to arrive by the end of the year. It said it had also signed an agreement on the research and protection of giant pandas with Chinese panda protection officials.
Niinisto expressed his gratitude to China, saying: “I would like to thank President Xi for the trust you have extended to Finland over the protection of pandas. We know pandas are a national treasure of China and we shall respect and we value that.”
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