Other members of the Serbian Cabinet, including the First Deputy Prime Minister Ivica Dačić and the Minister of Mining and Energy Petar Škundrić also participated in this meeting. Additionally, Amb. Mernier met with the heads of the Serbian utilities companies. The bilateral discussions centered around deciding on a road-map for the country's accession to the Energy Charter Treaty as well as the role of the Energy Charter Process in Serbia's ambitions to become a regional energy hub.

Minister Škundrić and the Secretary General signed a joint declaration on behalf of the Serbian government and the Energy Charter Secretariat.

Serbia is an Observer to the Energy Charter Conference since 2001. In December 2008 it also signed the 1991 Energy Charter as the Republic of Serbia.