New Era Of Diplomacy, China Will Send More Pandas To The United States

Panda illustration. (Wikimedia Commons/Colegoa)

JAKARTA - The Chinese Wildlife Conservation Association signed a cooperation agreement with the National Zoo in Washington, which allows it to bring more pandas back to the United States, signaling increased diplomatic relations between the two superpowers.

"The relevant Chinese institution has signed an agreement with the Madrid Zoo in Spain and the San Diego Zoo in the United States regarding a new chapter of international cooperation in the protection of giant pandas," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning said on Thursday.

"They are also working with the Washington National Zoo in the United States and (Wea Zoo) in Austria to actively negotiate and launch a new round of cooperation," he said.

Earlier, the Wildlife Conservation Association said on WeChat's social media accounts it had reached and signed a giant panda conservation agreement with several zoos.

In November, Washington's National Zoo returned three pandas to China as part of a legacy over 50 years of age, making the Atlanta Zoo in Georgia the only zoo in the US to have a giant panda program.

The loan agreement for the four pandas at the zoo expires this year, meaning there will be no more pandas in the US for the first time since 1972, when the Beijing Government awarded two giant pandas as gifts to the United States following President Richard Nixon's historic visit to the Cold War era.

We look forward to a new chapter of international giant panda protection cooperation with related countries, which will further expand the results of scientific research on the protection of giant pandas and other endangered species, as well as encouraging human ties and human relations. friendship," Mao explained.

Beijing's relations with Washington over the past year have been strained due to a number of global issues ranging from regional wars, trade disputes, and ongoing spying allegations. Leaders from both countries have held several rounds of talks over the past few months to ease tensions.

The Bamboo Curtain country itself has lent pandas to zoos in various countries for years as a kind animal ambassador. As well as cultivating modern Chinese-US panda diplomacy through these actions.