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BAGHDAD, June 11 (UPI) -- Britain's next prime minister, Gordon Brown, made an unannounced trip to Baghdad Monday for a meeting with the Iraqi prime minister and other officials.
It was Brown's second visit to Iraq in a year but his first as prime minister designate.
The visit occurred amid tight security with helicopters overhead as Brown talked with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, The Times of London reported.
Brown described the session as "very much an assessment more than anything else" and said it was part of the broader listening tour he has undertaken since becoming prime minister-in-waiting last month.
He said earlier that talks with the Iraqi prime minister would focus on political reconciliation between the Sunni and Shiite communities, instability and poor administration that is preventing the reconstruction of Iraq.
Brown was also expected to meet U.S. commander Gen. David Petraeus and British military officials, possibly to discuss the five Britons who were taken hostage last month.
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