On the margins of the Summit, Dr. Rusnák met with WEC Chairman, Dr. Pierre Gadonneix, and WEC Secretary General Dr. Christoph Frei to discuss closer future cooperation between the Energy Charter and the World Energy Council.

While in Istanbul, Dr. Rusnák also met with H.E. Taner Yıldız, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of Turkey. Their discussion centred on the modernisation of the Energy Charter in the context of global energy governance and Turkey's support for the consolidation and expansion of the Energy Charter Treaty. The Secretary General also had discussions with Deputy Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Dr. Murat Mercan, on Turkey's involvement with the enlargement of the Energy Charter Treaty constituency, particularly in the context of the Energy Charter Secretariat's work on a policy for Consolidation, Expansion and Outreach, as well as the country's experience with arbitration under the Energy Charter Treaty.