Elected President of Montenegro, Jakov Milatovi? will be sworn in this Saturday noon and will assume the position of the country's head.

In the swearing-in ceremony that will be held in the Parliament of Montenegro will take part about 200 personalities, including officials from the neighborhood, ambassadors and the special envoy of the United States of America (USA), Gabriel Escobar.

MPs of Montenegro's Parliament, representatives of the government, judicial authorities, as well as the current president of Montenegro, Millo Djukanovi?, whom Millatovi? convincingly defeated in the second round of the presidential elections, will also take part in the ceremony.

For security reasons, the central part of the city of Podgorica, as well as the road to the airport, has been blocked since morning.

After the singing of the national anthem, as well as the oath of Millatovi?, he will deliver the inaugural speech, after which a ceremonial military salute will be held on the platform in front of the Parliament.

After that, Millatovi? will host the guests at a lunch, while in the late afternoon, in the state Villa Gorica, he and his wife will host around 700 guests.

Among them will be the president of Croatia, Zoran Millanovi?, the president of Kosovo, Vjosa Osmani, the president of Albania, Bajram Begaj, while Zhelko Cvijanovi? and Zhelko Komši? will be present from the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The arrival of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has not been confirmed.

From the European officials, present will be Oliver Ropke, president of the European Economic and Social Committee of the European Commission, while from Great Britain and Germany, the special envoys for the Western Balkans, Stuart Pich and Manuel Saracin.

The president of Montenegro is elected every five years, while all previous inaugurations were held in Cetina.

Jakov Millatovi?, 37, is the first president who is not from Djukanovi?'s Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS), which held power for three decades until August 2020, when he lost the election.

Millatovi?, one of the leaders of the "Europe Now" movement, founded a year ago, has been in Montenegrin politics for three years when he was appointed minister of the first government after the DPS left power.

In the presidential race, he had the support of the ruling parties, the pro-Russian Democratic Front, the Democrats and the URA Civic Movement.

Since the beginning of the 90s, Djukanovic has been prime minister six times and president twice of Montenegro.

After losing power in the parliamentary elections, almost three years ago, his DPS also lost the elections in Podgorica, in October. After the defeat in the presidential elections, Djukanovi? resigned from the post of party chairman.

In recent days, Djukanovi? and Millatovi? held two meetings as part of the handover procedure, after which they emphasized that Montenegro is a good example of the democratic transition of power.

The change of the head of state comes before the extraordinary parliamentary elections scheduled for June 11. They were announced because of the institutional crisis that stopped European integration.

Since the change of power, for almost three years, two governments have fallen, while the attempt to elect a third one was unsuccessful. In that period, there was an increase in ethnic tensions.

During Djukanovic's rule, Montenegro voted for the country's independence in the 2006 referendum.

In 2010, Montenegro became a candidate for membership in the European Union, and in 2017, it joined NATO.