The Prime Minister's going to where no Prime Minister's gone before, to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

During his 24 hours in the country, which is involved in a war alongside the United States across the border in Yemen, he'll get to meet the King who is the boss in his country where he presides over Cabinet.

It's a trade trip, as brief as it is, that'll attract its critics who've long attacked human rights abuses there. It's a country where the thieves can have their hand cut off and adulterers can be executed.

Saudi Arabia has what they call a counter radicalisation programme, which is essentially keeping the Islamic country ultra conservative in an attempt to stop what they see as extremist ideologies spreading to the general populous.

It's also oil rich and that's what drives the countries in The Gulf. After leaving the centennial commemorations on the Gallipoli peninsula, First stop for Key will be the United Arab Emirates and the super city on the sand Dubai. Home to the world's tallest building and like Saudi Arabia, where getting into the country requires baring your soul.

The UAE entry form demands everything from the name of your great grandfather to your religious beliefs. Being agnostic doesn't seem to be an option.

But as a trading nation, a trip there has got to be worth it. Considering across the six countries that go under the banner of the Gulf Cooperation Council, we currently pump in almost two bill bucks worth of our goods each year which is growing by ten percent a year.

We were told by six years ago by the Trade Minister, with the appropriate name of Groser, that the ink was drying on a free trade agreement with the region. Clearly it must have been slow drying ink, so we should expect some movement on that front on this trip.

And for all those squealing about human rights abuses in the countries we're trying to eek out a living from, they were doing the same with our biggest trading partner China a few years back.

We engage in what our diplomats would like to call quiet diplomacy, which is noting our concern about it, without cutting off our noses to spite our mouths!