page_title: 2015 European Games opening ceremony
section_title: Attending dignitaries
hierarchical_section_title: 2015 European Games opening ceremony / Attending dignitaries
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Церемония открытия Первых Европейских игр. Президент России Владимир Путин с Президентом Турции Реджепом Тайипом Эрдоганом
context_page_description: The Opening Ceremony of the 2015 European Games was the official opening ceremony held in the afternoon at 9:00PM Baku Time on June 12, 2015 in the Baku Olympic Stadium in Baku, Azerbaijan. It was attended by the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, the President of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach, the chairman of the and the Vice President of Azerbaijan, Mehriban Aliyeva, and the President of the European Olympic Committee Patrick Hickey.The ceremony was attended by 68,000 spectators gathered at the Olympic Stadium, as well as hundreds of millions of online viewers. More than 300 creative teams from 28 countries were involved in organizing the ceremony. The cost of organizing of the ceremony was about 100 million U.S. dollars. The opening ceremony was directed by artistic choreographer Dimitris Papaioannou who was praised for his work during 2004 Summer Olympics.
context_section_description: President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan
  President of Russia Vladimir Putin
  President of Serbia Tomislav Nikolic
  President of Montenegro Filip Vujanovic
  Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Mladen Ivanic
  President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko
  President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov
  President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon
  Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
  Albert II of Monaco
  Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov
  Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili
  Prime Minister of Romania Victor Ponta
  First Deputy Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Tayirbek Sarpashev
  Vice Speaker of the Latvian Parliament Andrey Klementyev
  President of Qatari Olympic Committee Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani
  Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Abdullah bin Mosaad
  Former Latvian President Valdis Zatlers
caption: President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan with President of Russia Vladimir Putin.
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