Lithuanians return to polls in presidential election 2nd round

Lithuania's president overseas foreign and defence policy - key tasks given the country's position on NATO's eastern flank.

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00:00 Lithuanians return to the polls for the second round of the country's presidential election.

00:07 President Gitanas Nauseade aims to hold off Prime Minister Ingrida Simonite and win another

00:16 five-year term.

00:18 Actually, I do not expect that anything will change because Forakas says that it will be

00:29 elected the current president, Gitanas Nauseade. But still, we need to go and vote.

00:36 It's important just because it's your duty, but in general I think everything is quite

00:45 good here, so I think that it will be as good as it is now and even better.

00:52 In Lithuania, the president's main tasks are overseeing foreign and defence policy.

00:59 The election comes as Russian gains in Ukraine fuel greater fears about Moscow's intentions

01:07 in the region.

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