The Berlin Zoo confirmed that Meng Meng, the female giant panda loaned to it from China, is currently pregnant, noting that the new baby will be the first panda puppies to be born in Germany. Meng Meng, the female giant panda on loan from China who currently lives in the Berlin Zoo, is expecting at least one baby in the coming period, according to what the zoo said. This interesting news came from an ultrasound showing a photo of a baby panda puppy that was broadcast on the zoo's website. This will be the first panda puppy born in Germany. Andreas Knierim, director of the Berlin Zoo, said that the doctors were able to see the fetus in the panda’s womb, noting that its heart is beating very quickly, which is very important. He added that the birth process will take place inside the park in the coming days or weeks. The birth of a panda pup will be an achievement that the Berlin Zoo culminates in the efforts it has made to vaccinate Meng Meng and her partner, Jiao Sheng, since their arrival at the park in 2017. Read also on Euronews: Watch: An Indonesian who lives with lizards fears losing his job after the closure of Komodo Island A lost traveler causes the cancellation of 130 flights at Munich Airport International companies leave Britain for the Netherlands. Find out why Meng Meng met her partner, Jiao Sheng, for the first time last April, and then Meng Meng was artificially inseminated with the aim of increasing her fertility chances. Since then, a number of ultrasound scans have been performed on the giant panda. Female pandas go through a fertile period only once every two or three years, and this period lasts only seventy-two hours, so zoo officials were keen to complete the insemination process quickly. China has loaned black-and-white pandas to Germany as part of what is known as "panda diplomacy." China agrees to send these bears only to countries with which it has strong relations.