On the margins of the Congress, Dr. Rusnák had bilateral meetings with Mr. Claude Mandil, Chairman of the International Advisory Panel of the Global Carbon and Storage Institute (Australia) and former Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA); and Mr. Nobuo Tanaka, Global Associate for Energy Security and Sustainability at the Institute of Energy Economics (Japan), previously Executive Director of the IEA.

While in New Delhi, the Secretary General also met with Mr. Ashok Lavasa, Additional Secretary to the Ministry of Power, and Mr. Vivek Rae, Secretary to the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. During these meetings Dr. Rusnák raised the importance of the participation of India in the Energy Charter Process and the readiness of the Energy Charter Secretariat to develop this cooperation.