Sheikh Faisal Museum in Qatar. File photoDOHA, Apr 20 Pandas from China will settle in hot and desert Qatar in a special park that will open in the second half of the year in the city of Al Khor on the Persian Gulf coast, the Qatari newspaper Ar- Rayi,” citing the Public Works Administration. The agency has announced a tender for the creation of a so-called “shelter” for pandas at the Al Khor Zoo in northern Qatar. “The conditions created in Qatar meet the climatic standards set by China for keeping pandas. Panda Park is already 70% ready, and its opening is expected in the second half of this year,” the management noted. The area has been planted with many trees and other plants that are constantly watered, and there is also an artificial lake with an area of 1.2 square kilometers. However, pandas accustomed to the coolness of the highlands will be kept under air conditioning, as in the summer in Qatar, even at night, the temperature does not drop below 35 degrees Celsius. >America wants to leave China without a panda
