Former prime minister Tony Blair’s consultancy asked for $35million (£27million) to build the United Arab Emirates’ ‘reputation and influence’.

According to documents, Tony Blair Associates wanted $7million (£5.4million) per year for a five year deal.

The money covered ‘professional fees’ and expenses, including cash towards the transport costs of Mr Blair, who said he would visit the country at least 12 times in the first year.

Tony Blair, pictured on a visit to Abu Dhabi in 2011, is said to have asked for $35million to help build the United Arab Emirates' 'reputation and influence'

The firm run by Mr Blair, left and right with UAE Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, would have earned $7million per year over five years according to the proposal

According to the Sunday Telegraph, the ‘strategic partnership’ proposal was submitted in September 2014 and would have included a ‘furnished office’ paid for by the UAE foreign ministry.

But it could also be a possible conflict of interest as Mr Blair was Middle East envoy for the United Nations at the time, before resigning the position in 2015.

According to the Telegraph, a letter sent alongside the proposal claimed Mr Blair could help ‘create networks’ that could ‘capitalise’ on the UAE’s leadership.

It said: ‘There is virtually nowhere in the world right now where we could not work or provide the necessary contacts either politically or commercially, should we want to.’

The letter added: ‘Any work related to specific investment opportunities and introductions will require separate mandates and contractual arrangements between the parties concerned.’

The former UK leader claimed he had built up a network in more than 50 countries through his work with the Tony Blair Faith Foundation

Mr Blair’s job in the Middle East, which he took on after resigning as prime minister in 2007, was to seek a peace between Palestine and Israel.

Mr Blair met Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE’s foreign minister and the brother of the Crown Prince, early on in his role in the Middle East and is said to be ‘very close’ with him.

But the proposed deal raises concerns because Mr Blair, centre, was Middle East envoy for the United Nations at the time it was put to the UAE

A spokesman for Mr Blair, left and right with wife Cherie, said any suggestion he was 'profiting' from his dealings in the Middle East was 'offensive and wrong'

He is said to be worth more than £60million via several companies based at his headquarters in Grosvenor Square, London.

It is understood the country already pays for the use of Mr Blair’s team in Serbia, Vietnam, Colombia and Mongolia.

Mr Blair has previously said his company is giving ‘good governance’ advice to the emerging nations and that earning money from the UAE is ‘no different’ than taking funding from the UK Foreign Office.

A spokesman said: 'This is old news and that draft proposal went no further as we have already made clear. In any event fees would not go to Mr Blair but to invest in the business and pay for staff and costs.

'Mr Blair does all his work in the Middle East on a Not For Profit basis‎. The suggestion that he is personally 'profiting' from the Iraq war is offensive and wrong.

'Mr Blair’s efforts in the Middle East are focused on Arab-Israeli co-operation in the wider region, improving the living conditions for the Palestinian people and the reconstruction of Gaza to bring about a step change in the peace process.