EU foreign ministers are meeting to discuss the terror threat in Europe in the wake of recent attacks.
Europe is on high alert after a failed terrorist plot in Belgium and a deadly attack in Paris in which gunmen killed 17 people.
The talks in Brussels are also focusing on EU relations with Russia.
Ministers will try to resolve the deep divisions between EU governments over how to deal with Russia's actions in Ukraine.
'Degrade and defeat'In Brussels, the 28 foreign ministers will discuss concerns surrounding the return of radicalised Europeans who have gone to fight in Iraq and Syria.
No decisions will be taken at the meeting but a range of options will be debated in preparation for a special leaders' summit on terrorism on 12 February.
US officials have confirmed that US Secretary of State John Kerry will be attending talks in London about the Islamic State (IS) group.
The meeting of the members of the US-led coalition against IS will take place on Thursday and will focus on "shared efforts to degrade and defeat" the militant group.
Extradition requestThe Brussels talks come after anti-terror raids in Belgium, France and Germany led to more than 20 people being arrested.
Belgium launched a series of raids last Thursday on a group of suspected jihadists. Two suspects were killed in a gun battle in the town of Verviers.
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Ben Bland reports on the heightened security across Europe
Prosecutors charged five of those arrested on Friday with "participating in the activities of a terrorist group".
Several people were also arrested in the Greek capital, Athens, on Saturday.
Belgium is asking Greece to extradite one of the suspects arrested there over a possible link with the alleged Belgian plot.
Belgian police are still searching for Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the alleged leader of the cell suspected of planning to kill Belgian police officers.
No link has been established between the Belgian case and last week's attacks in France.
Gunmen in Paris killed 12 people at the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, a policewoman and four hostages at a kosher supermarket. The three gunmen involved were shot dead by police.
The two gunmen who attacked the Charlie Hebdo offices said they were avenging cartoons the magazine had published depicting the Prophet Muhammad.
The first issue published after the attacks then carried another cartoon of the Prophet on its cover.
This sparked angry protests in parts of the Muslim world, including Pakistan and Niger.
On Monday, tens of thousands also marched through Grozny, in the Russian region of Chechnya, in protest at the magazine, carrying signs saying "Hands off the Prophet Muhammad".
Ukraine crisisThe EU foreign ministers will also seek to resolve sharp differences with Russia over Ukraine.
On Sunday, heavy fighting broke out in the eastern city of Donetsk, as government forces upped operations against Russian-backed militants.
Russian officials say President Vladimir Putin sent a letter last week to Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko with a new proposal to halt fighting in the east, but that Mr Poroshenko had rejected it.
Ukrainian officials say they have made their own proposal to Russia for a ceasefire and still support a peace deal agreed in September, the BBC's David Stern reports from Kiev.
A discussion paper for the EU meeting was leaked last week which asked ministers to consider "possible elements for selective and gradual re-engagement" with Moscow because of shared concerns such as IS and Syria.
EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said Monday's meeting would not make any new decision on sanctions.
The EU sanctions were imposed on Russia after it annexed Ukraine's region of Crimea in 2014 following a controversial referendum.
Ukraine and its Western allies allege that Russia has sent forces to fight with separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine. Russia denies the allegations.
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