British Prime Minister Gordon Brown spoke by telephone with Iraqi leader Nouri al-Maliki following the release of a video showing a British hostage seized in Iraq last May.
The hostage, identified as Peter Moore, was kidnapped from the Iraqi Finance Ministry with four of his British security guards.
The leaders agreed to push efforts to free the men and jointly denounced the parading of a hostage on a videotape, Brown's office said.
The hostage takers have called for the release of nine Iraqis being held in coalition custody in exchange for the Britons.
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