Finance ministers from the Group of Seven major industrialized countries agreed Tuesday to strengthen cooperation on blocking cash flows to international terrorists, Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa said.
In a teleconference, the G7 ministers agreed to freeze assets suspected of being linked to terrorists and to meet in Washington on Oct. 6, Shiokawa told reporters.
The minister also said he asked U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill to cooperate in keeping exchange rates stable.