Details of Iraq's reconstruction seen unlikely to be broached at G7 meet

When finance chiefs and central bankers from major industrialized countries meet in Washington later this week, they probably won't discuss specifics of the rebuilding of Iraq, senior Japanese officials said Tuesday.

The Group of Seven nations will probably agree on the necessity of international cooperation to rebuild the war-ravaged nation, but detailed discussion will have to wait until an international consensus is reached on who will take the leading role in Iraq's reconstruction, the officials said.

Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa, Bank of Japan Gov. Toshihiko Fukui and finance chiefs from Japan, Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, and the U.S. will attend the two-day G7 meeting.