ABU DHABI: Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron arrived Monday in the Gulf on a three-day visit aimed at selling Typhoon Eurofighter jets and discussing regional security threats, the British embassy in the UAE said.

The embassy said on its Twitter account that Cameron had arrived in the United Arab Emirates “for a series of meetings.” It later tweeted that he had breakfasted with British troops based in the Gulf state.

According to a statement by Cameron’s office, the prime minister was after his arrival to accompany senior Emirati officials on an inspection of RAF Typhoons stationed at a UAE airbase as part of a training exercise.

The visit to the UAE, to be followed by a stopover in Saudi Arabia, “signals the PM’s commitment to cementing long-term partnerships with two of Britain’s most important strategic allies in the Gulf,” the statement said.