Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan signed on 22 July 2020 the decision for the ratification of the administrative arrangement for the implementation of the pending social security agreement with Kyrgyzstan, which was signed on 9 April 2018 and is the first of its kind between the two countries. The agreement and administrative arrangement will enter into force on the first day of the third month after the ratification instruments are exchanged.