The President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan will pay a visit to Bosnia in the late May, where he is planning to hold an election rally, a Turkish daily newspaper YeniSafak reported this week.

According to the daily, the rally should take place at the end of May, and Bosnia should serve as a replacement destination for the Netherlands, Germany and Austria, which, the daily added, banned the rallies.

The Turkish media outlet also reported that one of the reasons behind Erdogan’s visit could be the continuation of the construction works on the Islamic Community’s building in Sarajevo, which the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) financially supports.

The news about Erdogan’s intentions to hold a rally in Bosnia came amidst the election campaign in Turkey, which is preparing for the snap elections Erdogan called on April 18.

The Embassy of Turkey in Sarajevo could not confirm the allegations.

“We still have no official information about the visit of the President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Sarajevo. Once we have the official information, we will share it with you,” the embassy told N1.

Erdogan's visit to Bosnia was earlier announced by Turkey’s Prime Minister Binali Yildirim, who was on an official visit to Sarajevo last month. However, Yildirim claimed back then the visit would focus on economic cooperation and continuation of talks on construction of the Sarajevo-Belgrade highway, which Turkey would finance.

Another Turkish official, Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek, who is currently attending a business-investment conference in Bosnia’s capital, said he had no official confirmation about this official trip either. “But if it takes place, it will clearly deepen and strengthen our relations with Bosnia, because we want Bosnia to be successful,” Simsek concluded.