In order to increase cultural cooperation between Italy and Morocco, Italy’s Ambassador Armando Barucco held a working meeting with Ahmed Toufiq, Minister of Religious Endowments and Islamic Affairs and Khalil Mouallif, Director of the Academy of Traditional Arts of the Hassan II Mosque Foundation in Casablanca; the meeting was also attended by Stefano Trucco, President of the Conservation and Restoration Centre “La Venaria Reale”, on visit in Morocco.
Italy and Morocco signed a Cooperation Agreement last January, which envisages assistance at the Academy, for the next five years, aimed at encouraging the development of initial and ongoing education and know-how, studies and research, the exchange of documents and training programmes, internships and courses, exercises and construction yards under the constant guidance of Italian and European experts. During the meeting, cooperation opportunities in the field of restoration and conservation of Morocco’s cultural and archaeological heritage were analysed too.