AKIPRESS.COM - Kyrgyzstan is important for Turkey, said President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday at a joint press conference with visiting President of Kyrgyzstan Sooronbai Jeenbekov.

Erdogan said Turkey will help Kyrgyzstan in fighting Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO), which it accuses of the coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, 2016.

Erdogan said the FETO terrorist organization also posed "a great threat to Kyrgyzstan". The Turkish president said that FETO and its supporters had tried to derail Turkey-Kyrgyzstan relations.

"I see today’s visit of President Jeenbekov as the best answer to FETO's efforts. I believe that Jeenbekov will be much more vigorous against FETO and take the necessary measures promptly," he added.

Ankara accuses Fetullah Gulen in orchestrating the coup attempt on July 15, 2016 that left 250 people dead and nearly 2,200 others injured.

Jeenbekov said that the two presidents had “constructive and fruitful talks“ during the visit. “I want to especially highlight that the development of our brotherhood and partnership relations with the brother country Turkey is the priority direction of our politics,“ he said.

"It is also our common goal to develop the level of high strategic business association forward and to achieve success in this area,“ he added.

Noting that the two countries signed some very important agreements during his visit, Jeenbekov said that the agreement in the field of social security in particular is very important for his country.