"It's a question of increasing the number of UN disarmament inspectors present in Iraq," Struck said on arrival in the Afghan capital Kabul.
Struck is in Kabul for the handover of command of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) from Turkey to Germany and the Netherlands.
A joint initiative on disarming Iraq without military confrontation, prepared by German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and French President Jacques Chirac, is to be delivered to the Security Council on Friday.
German weekly Der Spiegel at the weekend reported that the initiative could include sending UN peacekeepers into Iraq, tripling the number of UN weapons inspectors and turning the whole of the Gulf state into a no-fly zone.
A diplomat in Paris said late Sunday that sending UN peacekeepers to Iraq was out of the question.
French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin last week called for more intrusive arms inspections, suggesting that the number of inspectors be doubled or tripled and that Mirage-IV spy planes be deployed for surveillance.
Germany opposes military action against Iraq and has said it will not vote for it in the Security Council.
The United States and Britain, close allies in the Iraq crisis, have poured scorn on the idea, but it has been welcomed by Russia, a veto-wielding member of the UN Security Council which has been reluctant to back the use of force against Baghdad.
Chirac and Russian President Vladimir Putin are expected to discuss the proposals during a meeting in Paris later Monday.
Putin said in Berlin Sunday that Russia was "almost completely in agreement" with the proposal - Sapa-AFP.
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