6 hours agoSecret Documents: Clinton's visit to Britain shortly before the war in Kosovo that would establish good reports with Tony Blair
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)Bill Clinton had refused the tea with Queen and dinner in Chequers because he wanted to be <x0 user” and try Indian food during the first official visit to the United Kingdom with Tony Blair as prime minister, have discovered classified documents. The prime minister [Down Street] wanted the visit of the American president of “to establish a relationship [...]
The prime minister [Dawning Street] wanted the US president's visit of “to establish a good working relationship” between the new prime minister then and the US president both would result in corruption in resolving Kosovo's fate at the time.
But Clinton had refused the tea with the queen and even dinner with Prime Minister Blair at the time, reports Guardian.
Instead, Clinton wanted to go shopping with “ai said he wanted to be tourist” and expressed interest in proving Indian food” was written in Downing Street.
Many were at stake during that visit, with Americans and Britons agreeing that “should appear to US President and British Prime Minister for the world as serious, young, dynamic leaders”.
Anyway, the Clintons and Blair hadn't had dinner in an Indian restaurant but in a French restaurant called Le Pont de la Tour and the bill had cost 298.86 pounds for two couples.
This visit took place in May 1997, and the good relationship between Clinton and Blair was also important to Kosovo less than two years later (Start of 1999). /Periscope
