Japan plans to dispatch between 500 and 700 personnel from the Ground Self-Defense Force to areas centering around Al-Muthanna province in southeastern Iraq, which include the city of Samawah, government officials told ruling Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers Monday.

The officials disclosed the contents of the government's basic plan for the SDF dispatch to a meeting of LDP lawmakers. It is to be approved by the Cabinet on Tuesday.

The officials did not disclose the specific timing of the dispatch or the conditions under which Japan would withdraw its troops.