British foreign secretary arrives in Iraq on unannounced visit

British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett arrived in Baghdad Monday on an unannounced visit to Iraq,

the Foreign Office said.

Beckett, on her first trip to the country since taking up the foreign minister post in May, said she planned to hold talks about security and economic development with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and other political leaders. She also planned to meet US and British officials, a Foreign Office spokesman said. (AP)