Dubai: His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai is interacting with astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi, the UAE’s second astronaut who is on the longest Arab space mission on the ISS.

Watch NASA’s live broadcast of what it called “the ISS Expedition 68 in-flight event” .

Sheikh Mohammed: Hello Sultan, and Thanks God for your safe arrival.Sultan: Thank you Your Highness

Sheikh Mohammed: UAE and Arab youth wish you goodSultan: Thank you Your Highness, and I still remember what you told my colleague Hazza Al MansouriSultan: I am the happiest person, me and others will follow in the footsteps of my colleague Hazza Al Mansouri.Sultan: A crew will leave the station, and my crew will conduct experiments, including one that bears a UAE stamp.

Sheikh Mohammed: Congratulations to you Sultan.Sultan: Thank you Your Highness for this call.