Tag: Tony Blair

• Monday, October 1st 2012 - 06:47 UTC

  Kofi Annan says exPM Tony Blair could have stopped the Iraq war

  

  Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair was the only person capable of turning George Bush against the 2003 Iraq invasion, ex-United Nations chief Kofi Annan claimed in an interview published Saturday.

• Wednesday, August 29th 2012 - 06:05 UTC

  Clinton and Blair praise Brazil’s economic and social advance in two decades

  

  Brazil appears to have the best long-term prospects among rising economic powers, thanks to its stable policy framework, ample natural resources and good relationship with its neighbours, former U.S. President Bill Clinton said on Tuesday in a ringing endorsement of an economy that has struggled lately.

• Friday, April 29th 2011 - 23:23 UTC

  World Cup, Olympics, excellent opportunity to promote the Brazil brand

  

  Rio de Janeiro's hosting of the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics is an unprecedented chance to promote the Brazil brand and ensure a legacy of economic and social benefits, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Friday.

• Tuesday, January 4th 2011 - 14:15 UTC

  Argentine Government questions present relevance of 1999 Falklands Agreement with Britain

  

  The Argentine Foreign Ministry stated yesterday that the “provisional understandings” signed by London and Buenos Aires were in complete disuse and that the “unilateral actions of the United Kingdom” with regard to oil exploration and military exercises on the Islands constituted an “unsolveable obstacle” to the continuation and development of the “bilateral cooperation”

• Tuesday, September 7th 2010 - 05:12 UTC

  Blair reveals “family” diplomacy in helping reach understanding on Gibraltar

  

  Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Spanish counterpart Jose Maria Aznar shared a tongue in cheek anecdote about Gibraltar during a family get together in Spain. The story is contained in Mr Blair's bestselling memoirs 'A Journey' that has just hit the bookshops in UK and is reported in the Gibraltar Chronicle.