Foreign Affairs sends a note verbale in response to Morocco's letter against the commissioner who described the borders of the two cities as European. The annex to the Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the EU Delegation (Embassy) in Rabat compiled a dozen alleged "hostile statements" by Margaritis Schinas about Morocco and, he added, "the Moroccan cities of Ceuta and Melilla" The Moroccan letter has particularly bothered Madrid because it fails to comply with the commitment of both governments to "avoid everything that offends the other party, especially in what affects the respective spheres of sovereignty"