The government of Finland has said the EU is prepared to contribute half of the proposed UN force to be deployed in southern Lebanon.
Finland currently holds the EU presidency. The matter will be discussed by EU foreign ministers and the UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, in Brussels tomorrow.
The UN wants up to 15,000 soldiers, but the EU says the numbers of troops to be contributed is up to member states.
Elsewhere, Syria has warned it will close its border with Lebanon if UN peacekeepers are deployed in the region.
Syria's President, Bashar al-Assad, said the deployment of troops in the border area would be regarded as a hostile move against his country.
Displaced Lebanese returning after ceasefire
The UNHCR has said that most Lebanese displaced by the war have now returned to their towns and villages, but many remain homeless because their houses were destroyed.
The Lebanese government has said 97% of the 900,000 to one million people who fled fighting between Israel and Hezbollah had returned to their towns following the 14 August truce.
Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have accused Israel of violating international law by targeting civilian areas.
UN explosive experts have confirmed 249 Israeli cluster bomb strikes, and unspent bombs have killed eight and wounded at least 38 since the ceasefire began.
Israel said it has passed maps to UNIFIL which show where its exploded ordnance might lie. An Israeli army spokes person said this was done in order to 'minimise casualties among the Lebanese population'.
The five-week war claimed over 1,200 lives, mostly civilians, in Lebanon.
