OREANDA-NEWS. On April 10, 2008 the delegation of the representatives of the Ministry of Commerce of Turkey accompanied by Turkish businessmen and representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania visited Klaipeda port, reported the press-centre of Klaipeda port.
 
 On the 9th of April 2008 the official delegation of Turkey will met the representatives of the Ministry of Transport and Communication and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania and the Minister-Counsellor of Lithuanian Embassy in Turkey Ricardas Slepavicius, and later on they participated in business seminar in the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Lithuania.
 
The second day of the visit, on April 10, 2008, Turkish delegation, accompanied by the representatives of the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Lithuania, visited Klaipeda.
 
Presently they plan to visit Klaipeda Free Economic Zone and SE Klaipeda State Seaport Authority. Heads of Klaipeda State Seaport Authority, presidents of the Association of Lithuanian Stevedoring companies, Forwarders association, and Lithuanian ship brokers and agents association, heads of Klaipeda chamber of industry, crafts and trade and UAB „Arijus“ took part at the meeting in port authority and the possibilities of Klaipeda port, its capacities, present infrastructure and plans and perspectives of its development as well as port development plans were presented. 
 
After the meeting in the port authority, the members of delegation had the possibility to take part in a ship tour around the port, see its present infrastructure and superstructure from a ship „Forrelle“.