article_snippet.sent: Former premier met new Mongolian prime minister Chimed Saikhanbileg but the secrecy surrounding Former premier trip stoked fears from ecologists and the opposition that Former premier is being deployed to encourage Western investment to Mongolia to massively increase gold, copper and coal mining, despite acute environmental worries.
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  Mr Blair with a Mongolian dignitary on their ancestors'
  Mr Blair recent visit.
article_snippet.sent: Tony Blair with a Mongolian dignitary on his recent visit probably came to us because the strategic deposits in the mountain
article_snippet.sent: The news outlet - which claimed Tony Blair with a Mongolian dignitary on his recent visit had flown 'secretly' to Mongolia last week - also speculated Tony Blair with a Mongolian dignitary on his recent visit was advising on another controversial project, involving expansion of multinational Rio Tinto's Oyu Tolgoi mine in the Gobi Desert, and a possible bailout from the IMF.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Blair's office said Mr Blair's makes regular Mongolia trips .
article_snippet.sent: Tony Blair was recruited to work with Mongolia two years ago .
article_snippet.sent: A spokesperson from Tony Blair's office said: 'Mr Blair's regularly visits Mongolia as part of Mr Blair's project there - which is already in the public domain - and has a full time team working on helping the government with the government reform programme. '
highlights_snippet.sent: Met new Mongolian prime minister Chimed Saikhanbileg on trip, sparking fears from ecologists
highlights_snippet.sent: Exploitation may 'destroy monuments of the Mongols and their ancestors'
  Mr Blair admits to 'regular' Mongolia visits but denies discussing mining .