Government spokesperson Bela Anda said any consideration of a troop deployment would be subject to "the request for a legitimate Iraqi interim government and a clear UN mandate".
US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said earlier this week he would welcome a military contribution by Germany and France.
Berlin and Paris strongly opposed the Iraq war and both countries have declined to send any forces.
A spokesperson for the German foreign ministry also said yesterday that a German deployment in Iraq was "not under discussion".
Nothing had changed in Germany's position of opposition to the war in Iraq since the end of hostilities, she said.
In line with a post-war resolution by the UN Security Council, responsibility for stability in Iraq lay with the US and its coalition partners, the spokesperson added.
German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer is heading to the US next week for high-level talks with US administration officials.
The ministry spokesperson said both Iraq and Afghanistan would be discussed during the four-day visit.
After a short stay in New York, Fischer will meet National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of State Colin Powell on Wednesday.
On Thursday he is lined up for talks with Vice President Richard Cheney.
It will be Fischer's first visit to the US since he chaired the UN Security Council during votes on the Iraq crisis earlier this year. – Sapa.
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