Minister of Foreign Affairs Alejandro Hamed franco of Paraguay

Minister Hamed Franco was accompanied by the Ambassador of Paraguay, Ana María Figueredo Amaro, and the Permanent Representative of Paraguay to the ALADI and the MERCOSUR, Ambassador Emilio Giménez Franco.

Minister Hamed Franco was informed about issues related to the next Meeting of the Council of Ministers: General Regime of Origin, Regional Regime of Safeguards, Guidelines for a Regional Regime of Dispute Settlement, Action Plan in favor of the Relatively Less Economically Developed Countries (PMDER), Guidelines for the strengthening of the Regional Productive Integration, Trade Promotion, participation of Civil Society, Evaluation and Convergence Conference, the development of the Social Dimension within tha ALADI integration process, among others.

Of Syrian descent, Hamed Franco is an active supporter of Palestine who has been watched by US.