Concern over Cameron’s Gulf visit
David Cameron's visit to the Gulf to promote arms sales criticised
The visit this week by David Cameron to the Gulf to promote arms sales has been criticised by pacifists and campaign organisa-tions opposed to the arms trade. The prime minister was in Dubai in an effort to persuade the United Arab Emirates to buy sixty Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets. The low-key arms trip was aimed to persuade regional powers, concerned by Britain’s response to the ‘Arab Spring’, to purchase more than one hundred Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets. The deals could be worth more than £6 billion to Britain.
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