Rabat - According to the Spanish newspaper El Mundo, King Mohammed VI called the king of Spain Felipe VI to express his displeasure with the treatment he received by Spanish Civil Guard while on his boat near the Spanish enclave, Ceuta, in northern Morocco.

Rabat – According to the Spanish newspaper El Mundo, King Mohammed VI called the king of Spain Felipe VI to express his displeasure with the treatment he received by Spanish Civil Guard while on his boat near the Spanish enclave, Ceuta, in northern Morocco.

The same source said that a patrol of the Civil Guard approached the boats, and the officers inquired about the identity of the boat and its destination, as well as the identity of the passengers.

Immediately, King Mohammed VI, who appeared to be irritated by the incident, intervened. He approached the civil Guard and asked them if they did not know who he was. The Spanish officers replied that they did not know him. But after king Mohammed VI took off his sunglasses, one of the civil guards recognized him and asked his colleagues to stop their inquiries.

Following the incident, King Mohammed VI called the King of Spain Felipe VI, to express his displeasure with the way the guard dealt with him.

According to the same source, the Spanish monarch, who had visited Morocco in mid July, conveyed King Mohammed VI’s displeasure with the incident to Spain’s Interior Minister.

The Interior Minister, Fernandez Dias, immediately called the delegate of the government in Ceuta, and together they devised measures to address what could amount to an offense to King Mohammed VI. The Spanish Minister also called his Moroccan counterpart, Mohamed Hassad, to explain the steps taken to undo the mess.