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Baghdad: New Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made an unannounced visit to Baghdad on Friday, Iraqi officials said.
Rudd plans to withdraw about 550 combat troops from Iraq by mid-2008. Australia has 1,500 troops in and around Iraq.
Rudd held talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki in his office but it was not immediately clear what they discussed, one of the Iraqi officials said.
While Australia is planning to withdrawing its troops, it is keen to regain its role as a major wheat supplier to Iraq, one of the world's biggest importers.
Iraq last year switched to buying most of its wheat from the United States.
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