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Italy’s prime minister on Wednesday congratulated US Republican candidate Donald Trump on his apparent victory in Tuesday’s presidential elections.

Giorgia Meloni wrote on X that Italy and the US are “sister” nations united with common values, a historic friendship, and a “strategic bond.”

Trump is currently ahead of Democratic candidate and Vice President Kamala Harris in the race to reach 270 Electoral College votes, the number needed to become president, having racked up 267, according to The Associated Press.

Fox News has already declared him the victor, and Trump himself has hailed his “magnificent victory.”

The win would make Trump only the second US president to serve non-consecutive terms, following Grover Cleveland, who served two separate terms in the late 1800s, with ​​​​​​​President Benjamin Harrison in between.