The 25 May inaugural ceremony was attended by Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, US Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman and the chief executive of British Petroleum (BP), Lord John Browne.
La ceremonia inaugurală din 25 mai au participat Preşedintele turc Ahmet Necdet Sezer, Preşedintele azer Ilham Aliyev, Preşedintele georgian Mihail Saakaşvili, Preşedintele kazah Nursultan Nazarbayev, Secretarul american pentru Energie Samuel Bodman şi directorul executiv al British Petroleum (BP), lordul John Browne.