Liam Fox in Saudi Arabia supporting local industry

It is reported the UK Minister of Defence Liam Fox is meeting the King of Saudi Arabia and will discuss potential arms sales.  The US has recently announced the sale of $100bn of arms to the region and the UK is hoping to gain a share of the market. This could include further sales of Typhoon and ships. The UK also sent a high level delegation to Brazil in the wake of the French and Italians who have already staked their positions and David Cameron visited India to promote the industry. It has been commented that the last government didn’t provide enough support to arms sales and there is a lot of ground to be made up in re-establishing contacts and position. The UK has traditionally been a major supplier of arms to enable friendly countries to defend themselves and to create alliances as well as to fund continued technological development.