Two giant pandas arrive in Atlanta from China after Xi-Trump summit

Two giant pandas from China, named Ping Ping and Fu Shuang, arrived in Atlanta, Georgia, on Sunday morning, where they will live at the city's zoo under a loan agreement between the Chinese and American governments.

Announced during a state visit

The arrival of the pandas follows an announcement made by Chinese president Xi Jinping while he was in Washington DC for a three-day summit with US president Donald Trump. During that visit, Xi Jinping said the pandas would arrive in Atlanta in the coming days, and the loan has now been carried out.

The panda loan is described as one of the few concrete outcomes to emerge from Xi's state visit with Trump. The summit itself was marked by expressions of goodwill between the two leaders, but it did not produce fixes to any of the longstanding differences between the two countries.

Panda loans between China and other countries are typically arranged through government-to-government agreements and are often used as a gesture of diplomatic goodwill. The Atlanta zoo has a long history of hosting giant pandas as part of such arrangements.

Further details on the length of the loan and the animals' arrangements at the zoo were not immediately available.