Initial results indicate that Nausėda had won around three-quarters of the vote, well ahead of his rival, Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė from the ruling Homeland Union party.
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00:00 Lithuania`s President Gitanas Nausieda has claimed victory in Sunday`s runoff election.
00:09 Lithuania has been a staunch ally of Ukraine since the 2022 Russian invasion and Nausieda
00:15 indicated that that support and Lithuanian security would continue to be important into
00:20 his new term.
00:22 My basic principles and my highest priorities were support to Ukraine, strengthening the
00:30 security of Lithuania, active foreign policy and active participation in different formats
00:37 of European Union.
00:39 So I think we moved forward all the time and we implemented very important decisions especially
00:47 regarding the security of Lithuania.
00:51 Reports indicated that Nausieda had won around three quarters of the vote, well ahead of
00:56 his rival Prime Minister Ingrida Simonita from the ruling Homeland Union party.
01:02 She conceded defeat late on Sunday night.
01:19 The President of Lithuania holds a semi-executive role, which includes heading the armed forces
01:24 and representing the country at EU and NATO summits.
01:28 But they also set foreign and security policy together with the government and can veto
01:33 laws.
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