BELGRADE: Serbia has hired Tony Blair to work for Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, who once served in the same regime that was targeted by Nato air strikes advocated by the then British leader in 1999.

Tony Blair Associates “is helping the Serbian government to set up a delivery unit” to advise Vucic on carrying out reforms, according to a statement from the former British prime minister’s consultancy.

“This project was directly negotiated and agreed between Serbia and TBA following meetings between Tony Blair and the Serbia prime minister and was not part of any wider agreement,” the statement said.

Blair was a leading promoter of a Nato bombing campaign against Serbia over its repressive policy in Kosovo under Slobodan Milosevic’s regime, in which Vucic was information minister.

Published in Dawn, February 20th, 2015

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