<br/>United States and the European Union (EU) officials will discuss the possible extension of a US ban on laptops and tablets in cabin baggage in Brussels next week. <br/><br/>An EU spokeswoman said, EU invited the US for talks at political and expert level to jointly assess the potential risks and review future measures. It comes after US Homeland Security said it was considering extending to Europe an existing ban on flights from eight mostly Muslim countries. The ban was introduced over fears a bomb could be concealed inside electronic devices.<br/><br/>In March, the US banned devices larger than a smartphone from the cabins of flights from Turkey, Morocco, Jordan, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. At the same time, the UK issued a similar ban on flights from six countries.<br/>