President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures as he delivers a speech during the Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges (TOBB) Economic Council in Ankara on February 7, 2017. (AFP/Xinhua)

ANKARA, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to enhance the cooperation in fighting against terrorism, according to an official statement Wednesday.

The two made the agreement through a telephone conversation late Tuesday, their first time since Trump took office last month.

The Turkish Presidency said Erdogan and Trump shared commitment to combatting terrorism in all its forms.

During the telephone call, the two leaders also vowed to improve bilateral relations, noting that Turkey and the U.S. are two friendly and allied nations always connected to each other with links of alliance.

Erdogan also wished Trump success during his term as the U.S. President, the statement added.

According to a statement issued by the White House, President Trump "reiterated U.S. support to Turkey as a strategic partner and a NATO ally, and welcomed Turkey's contributions to the campaign against the Islamic State (IS) group."

The U.S.-Turkish relations became strained near the end of the Obama Administration due to the extradition of U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, whom Ankara has accused of being the mastermind of a failed coup attempt last July.