LONDON (AFP) — US Republican presidential hopeful John McCain Friday discussed the situation in the Middle East and global warming with former British prime minister Tony Blair, the ex-premier's spokesman said.
Blair met with McCain in London as well as US senators Joe Lieberman and Lindsey Graham, McCain's colleagues on the Senate Armed Services Committee who are travelling with him, the spokesman told AFP.
"They met, but also, obviously with Senator Lieberman and Senator Graham. The subjects they spoke about were the Middle East and climate change," he said.
McCain, who is on a week-long tour of Europe and the Middle East, met with Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Thursday and is next set to go to France, after having already visited Iraq, Jordan and Israel.
Blair, who stepped down as prime minister last year, is now a Middle East peace envoy, and is also heading a team of international experts charged with securing a deal to combat climate change.
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