British Prime Minister Gordon Brown held talks Saturday with Iraqi leaders less than a week after the announcement of expected British troop cuts in southern Iraq.
Brown was greeted in Baghdad's protected Green Zone by Iraq's prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, whose office later released a statement saying the meetings "stressed the necessity of establishing a long-term Iraqi-British relationship."
Brown also met with top Iraqi advisers and President Jalal Talabani. Brown made no public comments.
Basra Gov. Mohammed al-Waili said Brown was expected later Saturday in the southern city _ the site of a major Iraqi-led offensive this spring …
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