President decorates speaker of Paraguay's lower house

President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) decorated the speaker of Paraguay's lower house, Hugo A. Velazquez, with the Order of the Brilliant Star with Special Grand Cordon Tuesday in Taipei for his remarkable contributions to cementing the friendship and cooperation between the two nations.

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