British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson (L) holds a joint press conference with Turkish EU Affairs Minister Omer Celik in Ankara | Adem Altan/AFP via Getty Images Boris Johnson: UK will help Turkey join the EU Foreign secretary also boasted of his ‘beautiful,’ ‘well-functioning Turkish washing machine.’

Britain will support Turkey’s bid to join the EU despite its June 23 vote to leave the bloc, the U.K.'s foreign secretary said on Monday.

"We may be leaving the European Union but we are not leaving Europe," Boris Johnson said while on an official visit to Turkey, AFP reported. He added the U.K. "will help Turkey in any way."

Johnson sought to reassure the country of Britain's continued support in the wake of an attempted coup in July. The U.K. will stand “shoulder-to-shoulder with Ankara,” Johnson said, which has a vital role to play on the world state.

Johnson visited a camp for Syrian refugees and praised Turkey for the “remarkable work” it was doing in dealing with the refugee crisis.

Boasting that he was the “proud possessor of a beautiful, very well-functioning Turkish washing machine,” Johnson underscored the importance of the trade relationship between the U.K. and Turkey.

“We are lucky in the United Kingdom to be one of the biggest recipients of Turkish goods,” he said, according to the Guardian.

Johnson's relationship with Ankara has not always been so friendly. In May, prior to his appointment to the role of foreign secretary, Johnson won a poetry prize for a rude limerick about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan having sex with a goat.