Copenhagen, March 17, SPA -- Prime Minister Anders FoghRasmussen made a surprise visit to Iraq on Thursday to meetwith political leaders there, his office said. Fogh Rasmussen was scheduled to meet with severalpolitical groups in the country, including Ibrahimal-Jaafari, head of the Shiite Islamic Daawa Party, and theman likely to be Iraq's next prime minister. His office told the AP that Fogh Rasmussen and al-Jaafarimet in the Iraqi capital, but didn't immediately disclosewhat they talked about. It wasn't immediately clear if he would travel to Basra,in southern Iraq, where Denmark has 501 troops stationed aspart of the U.S.-led coalition. His office, citing securityconcerns, did not comment. His visit came a day after Iraqi legislators were sworn inas members of the 275-seat National Assembly. Denmark has been a staunch supporter of the U.S.-ledefforts in Iraq, and Danish lawmakers will in June decidewhether to extend the country's mission in the country foranother six months. Though popular sentiment in the Scandinavian country of5.4 million is mixed about Denmark's presence in Iraq,lawmakers in the Folketing, or parliament, have beengenerally supportive of the mission. One Danish soldier has been killed during the deployment,but the incident was ruled a friendly fire incident. Fogh Rasmussen is on a tour of the Middle East and wasscheduled to go to Cairo, Egypt later Thursday.--SPA1305 Local Time 1005 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/247469