The government is planning to dispatch civilians rather than Self-Defense Forces units to provide humanitarian assistance in Baghdad, government sources said Thursday.
These civilian workers, who will be dispatched by the end of the year, will comprise government officials, private-sector engineers and medical experts, the sources said.
The government will convene separate meetings of the Security Council of Japan and the Cabinet on Nov. 14 to endorse its basic plan, which will specify the areas of Iraq to which civilian and SDF teams will be dispatched.