BAGHDAD, Oct 19 (SPA) - Britain's new Defense SecretaryJohn Hutton made his first visit to Iraq on Sunday and met PrimeMinister Nuri al-Maliki in Baghdad. Hutton, the former business secretary, took over the defenseportfolio in Prime Minister Gordon Brown's cabinet reshuffle onOct. 3. Britain has about 4,000 troops in Iraq, mainly at an airBase outside the southern city of Basra. Britain, like the United States, is negotiating a bilateralagreement with Baghdad to allow its troops to stay on after aU.N. Security Council mandate expires at the end of the year, Reuters reported.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/599125