BAGHDAD, April 6 (Xinhua) -- British Business Secretary Peter Mandelson arrived in Baghdad Monday, while six car bombs shattered Baghdad's fragile normality.

    During his one-day visit, Mandelson met with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and discussed ways to enhance bilateral ties and cooperation in investments, trade and construction fields, according to Iraqi state-run television of Iraqia.

    The footage showed that al-Maliki was receiving the British official, who is heading a delegation of experts and representatives of British companies.

    "We want to establish a true partnership with British companies to contribute to developing all of our sectors, after we achieved stability all over Iraq," al-Maliki's office said in a statement obtained by Xinhua.

    On March 31, British troops officially started pullout from southern Iraq, signaling the end of military operations that began with the U.S.-led invasion in 2003.

    Security improved in Iraq since 2007, when U.S. and Iraqi forces launched offensives against al-Qaida and Shiite militias with the help of U.S.-backed Sunni Awakening Council groups.

    Monthly death toll from the Iraqi government showed that about 252 Iraqis have been killed during March.

    However, on the same day of Mandelson's visit, at least 32 people were killed and some 129 others injured in a six car bombings that targeted busy markets, a police convoy and a crowd of construction workers in Shiite Muslim neighborhoods.

    Monday's deadly wave of car bombing indicated that insurgents could still cause fatal attacks despite macro security gains.

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