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Attorney General Eric Holder will travel to Paris this weekend for high-level meetings on terrorism, aides said Thursday.

Mr. Holder will attend a meeting of European officials led by the French Interior Bernard Cazeneuve, aides said, and the talks will center on terror threats, the security risks of people returning from foreign battlefields, and countering homegrown violent extremism.

The meeting was announced as French police continue to search for two suspects wanted for a Wednesday morning attack in Paris on the offices of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. A dozen people were killed in the attack.

French authorities have identified the two suspects as brothersSaid and Cherif Kouachi. In 2008, Cherif Kouachi was sentenced to an 18-month prison term for being part of a terror group, according to French prosecutors. A third suspect has turned himself in to authorities.

Over the past year, U.S. Justice Department officials have had a number of meetings with European officials to discuss security threats stemming from people from Western countries traveling to Syria to fight with jihadist groups, and then returning home. Thousands of Europeans are believed to have traveled to Syria to fight, according to security officials. Related: Charlie Hebdo Attack: Manhunt Continues in France

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Eric Holder to Travel to Paris for Talks on Terrorism