Eleven months after the zoo in Washington D.C. sent its three wildly popular pandas – Mei Xiang, Tian Tian and their cub Xiao Qi Ji – back to China, a new pair of bears arrived in the US. Two giant pandas destined for the Washington zoo arrived in the United States from China on Tuesday,

Leased from China for $1 million per year, two new giant pandas could bring a welcome reprieve to acrimonious relations between the U.S. and its adversary.

The National Zoo’s two new giant panda, who arrived Tuesday after an 8,000-mile flight from China, will now settle into their new home before going on display.