Former PM helped PetroSaudi shatter into Chinese marketHis firm was paid £41000 a month plus 2% commissionBlair held role as Middle East peace envoy at the time
Tony Blair obtained a “blessing” from Chinese leaders for a company owned by a Saudi prince to do commerce in China as section of an arrangement that paid the former UK prime minister’s firm £41000 a month and a 2% commission on any multimillion-pound contracts he helped to secure.
A series of documents,seen by the Guardian, show how Blair courted some of the most influential Chinese political leaders in 2010 and then introduced them to the Saudi-owned company he worked with, or PetroSaudi. The company was not allowed to divulge his role without permission,according to the contract.
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Source: theguardian.com