Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday he planned to visit Nagorno-Karabakh in May, a trip likely to further anger Armenia following its defeat to Azerbaijan in a war over the region.

Erdogan said he would visit Shusha, a historic city which fell to Azerbaijani forces in the closing days of last year’s six-week war, immediately after Bayram celebrations marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan in mid-May.

“God willing, we will have a new Bayram together with our brothers by visiting Shusha after the Ramadan feast. We will stand by the sides of our Azerbaijani brothers, protecting our Turkic values in Nagorno-Karabakh”, - said Erdogan in televised remarks.