Italy’s right-wing Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has congratulated Donald Trump after he claimed victory in the US presidential election, and said it would strengthen ties between the two countries, Reuters reports.

In a post on X Meloni offered her “most sincere congratulations” to Trump, and said Italy and the United States had an “unshakeable alliance”.

“It is a strategic bond, which I am certain we will now strengthen even further,” she said.