This visit, which took place in the presence of National Museums Foundation President, Mehdi Qotbi, was an opportunity for the Singaporean minister to discover the exhibitions underway at the MMVI, which bring together masterpieces of modernity and art history made by national and foreign artists.

This tour allowed Mr. Balakrishnan and the delegation accompanying him to admire the various masterpieces on display and learn about their stories, including the exhibition of photographic works of Touhami Ennadre, "Black Qasida", as well as the exhibition "Africa seen by its photographers", which is a tribute to the pioneer of African photography, Malick Sidibé.

On this occasion, Singapore's top diplomat said he was pleased with this richly artistic visit to the MMVI, highlighting the priceless value of treasures on display at this shrine of culture.

In a statement to MAP, he expressed the wish to see these works exhibited in the Museums of Singapore, while praising the great importance and special interest that HM King Mohammed VI gives to the cultural thing, as well as the efforts made by the Sovereign to promote this field.

For his part, Qotbi noted that the Kingdom of Morocco and the Republic of Singapore are determined to raise the bilateral cultural relations, adding that this visit will give a new impetus for a cultural partnership further strengthened.

These surveys, which cover the entire national territory with sufficiently broad samples, will shed light on the situation at the level of the most relevant administrative units, said Lahlimi during a meeting dedicated to the HCP program.

These surveys will provide updated data on investment, production and intermediate consumption of companies, by product, industry and by territorial level, he added. This will allow the switch of national accounts to the 2022 base year instead of 2014, explained Lahlimi.

These surveys will also cover non-profit institutions to provide more detailed data on the country's civil society, assess its contribution to national wealth and understand its socio-economic characteristics.

Social surveys will focus on household living standards, becoming the main source of knowledge on income distribution, social inequalities and the evolution of the poverty index, he added.

According to Lahlimi, the 2022-2025 HCP program intends to use the New Development Model (NMD) as a strategic reference for the analysis of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

"Today, the strategic frame of reference of our survey and study activities is enriched and structured by the economic, social, environmental and territorial orientations retained by the NMD and enacted by His Majesty the King as the basis of the national development pact of our country," he said.

Morocco's goals were scored by Hamza Anhari (45th), Abdellah Raihani (46th), Aiman Maurer (73rd), and Omar Sadik (85th), while Habib Bicer reduced the gap for Turkey twice (14th and 57th).

The final will pit France against Italy, which beat Morocco in the semifinals (2-1).

Speaking at a meeting held with the aim to assess the HCP activities, Lahlimi underlined the various axes of the program aimed at turning the new development model (NMD) into a strategic frame of reference for analysis of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

On this occasion, Lahlimi noted that HCP's activities program for 2022-2025 aims initially to turn the NMD into a strategic reference for contextualization and analysis of the SDGs.

In this regard, he stressed that the strategic frame of reference of HCP's survey and study activities is now enriched and structured by the economic, social, environmental and territorial guidelines adopted by NMD and endorsed by HM King Mohammed VI, as the basis of the country's national development pact.

"The program also focuses on ways of carrying out major national surveys of structure", he stressed, noting that structural surveys are being prepared or already initiated.

According to Lahlimi, this program also focuses on the continued development of the arsenal of tools dedicated to economic and social analysis.

As part of the decentralized cooperation between Morocco and Italy, this agreement was initialed by the mayors of Tan-Tan, Habib Louamane, and Latiano, Cosimo Mairano, in the presence of representatives of local authorities and the civil society.

This convention opens promising prospects for the consolidation of partnership ties in various sectors, including tourism, environment, culture, sports and community action given the notorious growth of the Kingdom's southern provinces.

On this occasion, Latino's mayor expressed the willingness of his city to strengthen trade relations with Tan-Tan, noting that the Italian municipality will ensure the strengthening of communication between young people of the two cities, through partnerships and exchange programs.

For his part, the mayor of Tan-Tan has expressed his willingness to establish ''sustainable and mutually beneficial relations in all areas of common interest'' with the Italian city.

"Our municipality is aware of the impact that could have such a dynamic cooperation and partnership between the two sides and is committed with all its potential and its assets to work for the success of this partnership," Louamane noted, highlighting Tan-Tan's progress and its economic promising "potential."

This twinning initiative is "a unique model of solidarity and mutual respect and reflects the firm commitment of Morocco and Italy to establish decentralized cooperation as a strategic choice," said Morocco's Consul in Naples, Abdelkader Naji, during the signing ceremony. 

In this regard, Naji emphasized the dynamism of Moroccan Sahara, under the enlightened leadership of HM King Mohammed VI, becoming a strategic regional hub in terms of transatlantic connectivity and between Europe and Africa.

The Council will begin its works with a presentation delivered by the Minister of Solidarity, Social Integration and Family on "Morocco's participation in the review of the national report before the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, held on June 21-22, 2022, in Geneva," said a press release from the Department of the Head of Government.

Afterward, the Council will consider three draft decrees: the first draft decree relates to the implementation of Article 212 of Law 40.13 on civil aviation, while the second pertains to the organization of youth institutions under the supervision of the government authority in charge of youth and the third identifies a list of diseases entitling to a medium sick leave.

The Council will also examine proposals for appointments to high office in accordance with the Constitution's Article 92, the press release concluded.

The Kingdom represents a model of tolerance, living together, openness and respect for religious minorities, considering that these are "special and valuable" values, said Balakrishnan at a joint press briefing with Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans abroad, Nasser Bourita, at the end of bilateral talks.

Indeed, Morocco sends a strong message to the rest of the world about tolerance and respect, said Singapore's top diplomat, who is on a working visit to Morocco.

Expressing his admiration for the Kingdom's leadership under the enlightened guidance of HM Mohammed VI, the official highlighted the invitation extended by the President of the Republic of Singapore, Halimah Yacob, to the Sovereign to pay an official visit to his country to bring forward the history of Morocco and its principles of tolerance.

Speaking at a joint press briefing with his Singaporean counterpart Vivian Balakrishnan, who is on a working visit to the Kingdom, Bourita stressed that both countries aspire to establish an investment forum before the end of this year.

This initiative will allow economic partners to benefit from opportunities offered to strengthen bilateral cooperation, he added.

In this regard, Bourita highlighted the significant presence of Singaporean investments on the African continent, just like Moroccan ones.

Morocco's top diplomat stressed the need to promote mutual cooperation to contribute to the growth and development of the continent and seize opportunities for economic cooperation with other countries, including those of West Africa and Central Africa.

Morocco and Singapore share the same vision of economic openness and promotion of entrepreneurship and investment, Bourita pointed out.

"Economic relations between Korea and Morocco are good but need to be developed. There are several Korean companies in Morocco, such as Hands Corp. in Tangier and Yura Corp. in Meknes in the automotive industry, but we still have a lot to accomplish together. The number of Korean companies operating in Morocco is clearly set to grow," said Chbani Idrissi in an interview with South Korean News Agency Yonhap. 

"AMDIE is a central agency that represents the government and is intended to work on all sectors of activity of the Moroccan economic fabric, except for some sectors that are managed directly by agencies such as agriculture and tourism," he noted.

"Throughout the Moroccan territory, we have two main missions. The first is a mission of promotion and communication. (...) The second is a business development mission, with two axes: development of investments in Morocco and development of exports from Morocco," Chbani Idrissi stressed.

The official noted that central objective is to attract foreign investors and to offer them access to more than 1.5 billion consumers in Africa, Europe and the United States through the fifty free trade agreements concluded by Morocco, its unique geostrategic position at the crossroads of Europe and Africa and its political and economic stability.

In this regard, he underlined advantages that South Korean companies would have in Morocco in terms of exports, youth, availability, qualification and cost of labor.

Chbani Idrissi also stressed that Morocco is committed to a sustainable economy, noting that in 2022, 42% of electricity consumed in the Kingdom is produced through green energy, with the ambition to increase this figure to 52% in 2030.

This interview is part of the "Roadshow" organized from July 4 to 6 in Seoul, aimed at presenting and promoting the brand "Morocco Now", the new strike force of investment and export of Morocco internationally.

A total of 24,858,773 people have received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, while the number of fully vaccinated people (1st and 2nd doses) has reached 23,344,733, the ministry pointed out in its daily COVID-19 bulletin, noting that 6,564,116 people have received the third dose of the vaccine while 330 people have received the fourth dose. 

According to the same source, the number of COVID-19 cases reported since the start of the outbreak of the virus rose to 1,226,246, while recoveries increased to 1,185,916, i.e. a recovery rate of 96.7%.

The new COVID-19 cases were recorded in the regions of Casablanca-Settat (345), Rabat-Salé-Kenitra (244), Marrakech-Safi (100), Souss-Massa (70), the Oriental (53), Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima (39), Fez-Meknes (34), Beni Mellal-Khenifra (33), Draa-Tafilalet (14), Guelmim –Oued Noun (08) and Dakhla-Oued Eddahab (01).

As for coronavirus-related fatalities, they increased to 16,120, with three new cases reported in the past 24 hours in the regions of Casablanca-Settat, Souss-Massa and Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima.

The number of active cases has dropped to 24,210, while 9 severe or critical cases have been reported in the past 24 hours, bringing their total number to 169.