It was announced a week after Serbia's pro-Western President Boris Tadic and Deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Djelic travelled to Luxembourg to sign their country's Stabilisation and Association Agreement with the EU, seen as a major first step towards eventual membership in the Union.
Odluka je priopćena tjedan dana nakon što su srbijanski prozapadni predsjednik Boris Tadić i potpredsjednik vlade Božidar Đelić otputovali u Luksemburg potpisati Sporazum o stabilizaciji i priključenju s EU, što se smatra značajnim prvim korakom ka konačnom članstvu u Uniji.