Malaysia to get pair of baby pandas on loan from China to mark 40 years of diplomatic ties

By The Staff The Associated Press

Posted June 12, 2012 12:26 am

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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Malaysia says it will receive a pair of baby pandas from China to mark four decades of diplomatic ties.

The Ministry of Natural Resources says the giant pandas will live in a wetland park in Malaysia’s administrative capital of Putrajaya for 10 years.

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Prime Minister Najib Razak said Tuesday the loan marks “a great symbol of the warm and close relations” Malaysia and China have.

An agreement for the plan will be signed this week, but it wasn’t clear when the pandas will arrive.

Malaysian officials say they will conduct panda conservation research including in the areas of artificial insemination and behaviour studies.

Malaysia will also run a contest to name the pandas.

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