Montenegrin President Milo Djukanovic has tested positive for the coronavirus, his office in the capital Podgorica announced on Thursday evening.
The 59-year-old head of state is only displaying mild symptoms and is carrying out his official duties in domestic isolation, the statement said.
Earlier on Thursday, Djukanovic cancelled a meeting with Turkish Parliament Speaker Mustafa Şentop in Podgorica because he had had contact with a person infected with the coronavirus.
Djukanovic has been a dominant political force for three decades in the small Balkan country, which he led to independence in 2006.
For a year now, he has had to share power with an alliance of parties who won the last parliamentary election.
