US and EU officials are due to discuss the possible extension of a US ban on laptops and tablets in cabin baggage when they meet in Brussels next week. <br/><br/>It comes after US Homeland Security said it was considering extending to Europe an existing ban for flights from eight mostly Muslim countries. The ban was introduced over fears a bomb could be concealed inside electronic devices.<br/><br/>An EU spokeswoman said no decision had been made yet. 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/><br/>