article_snippet.sent: Questions have also been raised about why the fees for the former Labour Prime Minister – who last week denied being in the 'league of the super-rich - are being paid by the United Arab Emirates, and not the Colombian government.
article_snippet.sent: Fees paid to Tony Blair Associates for the work advising Colombia on its mining industry, which brings in £2billion-a-year in royalties.
article_snippet.sent: The UAE announced at the time that that 'the United Arab Emirates through the Office of Blair [Windrush Ventures No 3 LP] domiciled in the UK' had signed an agreement 'to support the implementation' of the new laws on spending money raised from mining deals.
article_snippet.sent: We have no knowledge let alone involvement in the mining deal you refer to and any suggestion that We have been involved is false, neither were TBA involved in any laws relating to mining fees or royalties. '