TOKYO (AFX-ASIA) - Zenbei Mizoguchi, senior director general of the finance ministry, said Deputy Finance Minister for International Affairs Haruhiko Kuroda will travel to Europe and the US next week to talk with his counterparts about a planned G7 meeting. Mizoguchi told AFX-ASIA he does not think Kuroda would attend the summit talks between Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and US President George W Bush scheduled for Sept 25. "This is because the summit talks will cover the issue of international terrorism," Mizoguchi said. Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa told a press conference Wednesday that he would ask Kuroda to travel to Europe and the US to exchange views on whether the G7 talks should go ahead as planned after the terrorist attacks on the US.