Washington, United States (AFP) – Two giant pandas destined for the Washington zoo arrived in the United States from China on Tuesday, live television images showed.

The pandas, Bao Li and Qing Bao, arrived on a FedEx plane that landed at Dulles airport in Virginia. The bears will be housed at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington under a decade-long breeding and research agreement.

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