New Delhi, Nov 5 (PTI) Keen on substantially raising their cooperation in counter-terrorism, India and the 27-nation European Union are likely to sign an agreement on enhancing cooperation in the field when both sides meet for the summit level talks here this week.

"An agreement to enhance security cooperation may be signed between the two sides during the the summit," Lars-Olof Lindgren, Ambassador of Sweden told PTI.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will hold summit talks with his Swedish counterpart Fredrik Reinfeldt whose country is the current chair of the European Union.

He said EU's Counter-Terrorism Coordinator Gilles de Kerchove had held wide ranging talks with Indian officials here last month to explore possibility of broadening cooperation between the two sides on security related issues.

Intelligence sharing, research and development of skills of counter-terror security forces are some of the areas identified by Kerchove.