A video grab shows a Polish woman held hostage in Iraq October 28, 2004. A hitherto unknown militant group says it has kidnapped the Polish woman and is demanding Poland withdraw its forces, Al Jazeera television reported on Thursday. (China Daily/Reuters File Photo)

A video grab shows a Polish woman held hostage in Iraq October 28, 2004. (China Daily/Reuters File Photo)

    WARSAW, Oct. 31 (Xinhuanet) -- Poland's ambassador to Baghdad met with Iraqi security officials Saturday to seek help in freeing a Polish woman hostage in Iraq, Foreign Minister Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz said.

    "Our activity in and around Iraq is underway -- a lot is going on, but we can not give you the details," Cimoszewicz told reporters.

    "I hope that after a happy conclusion of this dramatic event wewill be able to give you all the details," he said.

    The al-Jazeera television Saturday aired a video in which the 54-year-old woman, Teresa Borcz Khalifa, who was kidnapped on Wednesday in Baghdad, appealed to the Polish government to withdraw its troops from Iraq.

    "I am asking for help ... from Poland and the Polish people and whoever can help me," Khalifa said.

    A spokesman for Poland's Foreign Ministry, Aleksander Checko, said his government will not make any concessions to kidnappers and stressed there will be "no pullout."

    But "after this period of silence from the abductors, this is confirmation that she is alive, and this is good news," Checko said.

    Khalifa's mother, Halina Borcz, 72, said to the press that she believes the government can find a way to save her daughter's life.     

    As a close ally of Washington in Iraq, Poland has so far sent 2,500 troops in Iraq. Enditem