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 saopštena nedelju dana nakon što su prozapadni predsednik Srbije Boris Tadić i potpredsednik vlade Božidar Đelić otputovali u Luksemburg da potpišu Sporazum o stabilizaciji i pridruživanju sa EU, što se smatra značajnim prvim korakom ka konačnom članstvu u Uniji.