Catalan interior minister causes row over number of masks sent to region

A war of words has erupted between the Catalan regional government and Madrid, after the Spanish Government was accused of sending a symbolic number of face masks to Catalonia.
Catalan Minister of Interior, Miquel Buch, accused the Government of having intentionally delivered 1,714,000 masks to Catalonia. He said the number was a reference to the year Barcelona fell to Bourbon troops in the War of Succession.

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His comments have been heavily criticised by both Catalan and national politicians. Mayor of Barcelona, Ada Colau called for calm, saying that the regional minister should correct his statement.