Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) shakes hands with visiting Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, capital of Turkey, on March 9, 2016. (Xinhua/Mustafa Kaya)

KIEV, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- Ukraine and Turkey on Tuesday signed a declaration for greater cooperation to combat terrorism, the Ukrainian Interior Ministry said in a statement.

The document was signed in Turkey's capital Ankara by Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov and his Turkish counterpart Suleyman Soylu.

According to the agreement, Ukraine and Turkey will also strengthen cooperation to combat migrant smuggling, human trafficking, cybercrime, money laundering, drug trafficking, and transnational organized crime.