"The first conference on economic reconstruction of Iraq will take place very soon with the participation of only three countries invited (by the United States) Britain, Australia and Poland," Miller told Polish public television.

This meeting will take place "at an appropriate level" in a country "other than the United States" Miller said, declining to go into the date and venue of the meeting.

The United States, Britain, Australia and Poland are the four main coalition partners in the war on Iraq.

Poland has sent around 200 troops to the region, of whom around 50 are part of an elite special forces unit operating inside Iraq itself.

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