On the occasion of the opening of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway, a solemn ceremony takes place at the Baku International Sea Trade Port.

Kanal24 reports that President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva, President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his spouse Emine Erdogan, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Bakitjan Sagintayev, Prime Minister of Georgia Giorgi Kvirikashvili, Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan Abdullah Aripov, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan attend the ceremony

President Ilham Aliyev makes a speech at the opening ceremony.