EU Foreign Ministers have agreed to place experts in key EU embassies to work against terrorism.

The European Union Foreign Affairs Council met in Brussels earlier to develop a counter-terrorism strategy.

Representatives from the 28 member states, decided to work towards enhancing the EU's activities outside of Europe, through communication and by clearly articulating the EU’s values to counter misinformation and false propaganda.

Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Charlie Flanagan, says there is an opportunity to increase the levels of co-ordination and exchange of intelligence across the EU and to “see how greater we can improve the level of coordination.”

“I believe it’s important that we advance matters such as the exchange of information, the exchange of data, so if there is a problem in any member state that other member states can assist to ensure we have the best possible bulwark against terrorist activities in the European Union,” Mr Flanagan added.