Minister of Mining and Energy Aleksandar Antić visited Brussels on 24th of April 2015, where he met director-general of the Directorate-General for Energy within the European Commission Dominique Ristori, Secretary General of the Energy Charter Urban Rusnák and Jean-Eric Paquet , Director for the Western Balkans at the Directorate General of the European Neighborhood Policy and Negotiations for Enlargement. The sides exchanged views on the next important steps by Serbia towards acceding to the Energy Charter Treaty and gaining the status of the observer in the Energy Union. The counterparts expressed their belief that Serbia is making good progress on its European path that, among other, proves also the invitation to join the European energy system through Energy Charter and Energy Union.
Minister Antić participated at the evening debate dedicated to the topic of “Serbia and the EU: Challenges and Opportunities Ahead”, organized by Serbian oil and gas company NIS, that send the call to European and world entrepreneurs to invest in Serbia.