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Cambodia introduced on Friday that it could nominate U.S. President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, following his direct intervention in halting the current border battle with Thailand, based on the nation’s deputy prime minister.
Speaking to reporters earlier within the capital, Phnom Penh, Mr Chanthol thanked Mr Trump for bringing peace and stated he deserved to be nominated for the prize, the highest-profile worldwide award given to a person or organisation deemed to have achieved essentially the most to “advance fellowship between nations”.
Pakistan stated in June that it could suggest Mr Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in serving to to resolve a battle with India, and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated final month he had nominated Trump for the award.
It was a name by Mr Trump final week that broke a impasse in efforts to finish the heaviest preventing between Thailand and Cambodia in over a decade, resulting in a ceasefire negotiated in Malaysia on Monday, Reuters has reported.
Following the truce announcement, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt stated in a put up on X that Trump made it occur.
“Give him the Nobel Peace Prize!” she stated.
At least 43 folks have been killed within the intense clashes, which lasted 5 days and displaced greater than 300,000 folks on each side of the border.
“We acknowledge his great efforts for peace,” stated Mr Chanthol, additionally Cambodia’s prime commerce negotiator, including that his nation was additionally grateful for a decreased tariff fee of 19 per cent.
