كما وجَّه التهنئة للصين التي أصبحت ثالث دولة تدخل نادي الدول التي أرسلت رواداً إلى الفضاء.
His delegation also commended the Russian Federation for bringing back a number of United States astronauts from the international space station on board a Russian spacecraft and congratulated China on recently becoming the third country to join the elite club of space-faring nations.