DM: Tony Blair can be a peace envoy for the Middle East in the administration of the trump
According to the source Mail on Sunday, former British Prime Minister “has done a lot in order to get this job, and the team trump takes it very seriously.”
MOSCOW, March 5. /TASS/. Former Prime Minister Tony Blair called for Wednesday in the White house secret meeting, which discussed the possibility of his appointment as peace envoy in the middle East in the administration of U.S. President Donald trump. This was reported by the newspaper Mail on Sunday, citing informed sources.
According to the newspaper, former Prime Minister of great Britain met with the son-in-law and part-time senior adviser of the American state Jared Kushner.
During the meeting they discussed the current situation in the middle East and the peace process in the region. “Blair did a lot to get this job, and the team trump takes it very seriously”, — quotes the edition its source.
Officially, Tony Blair, being a UK citizen, will not be able to find a job in the US government, but, as the newspaper notes, he may be offered the role of Advisor to the President. Press Secretary of the British ex-Prime Minister refused to comment on this information.
Tony Blair served as Prime Minister from 1997 to 2007 He was a supporter of the beginning of a joint U.S. military operation in Iraq in 2003, the pretext for which was the approval of Western intelligence agencies on the possession of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction. Later, the inspectors of UNMOVIC (UN monitoring, verification and inspection), visited Iraq, came to the opposite conclusion. But their opinion was ignored by Washington and London.
The British media then reported that Blair and who was then President of the USA George W. Bush deliberately introduced misled the public to justify the aggression, thanks to which Western companies could gain control of Iraqi oil fields.