Cambodia has officially nominated United States President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for his contribution to securing the recent ceasefire with Thailand, said an official statement.
As per the statement released by the Ministry of Information, Prime Minister Hun Manet has submitted an official letter of nomination to the Norwegian Nobel Committee for President Trump’s recent mediation efforts. It said, "This nomination not only reflects my admiration but also my appreciation and heartiest gratitude to the people of Cambodia.”
The letter to the Nobel Peace Prize Committee was sent from Phnom Penh on August 7. He praised Trump’s 'extraordinary statesmanship' and his determination to end the ongoing conflicts, adding that he has 'exceptional achievements in de-escalating tensions in some of the world’s most volatile regions.'
Relations between Thailand and Cambodia were severed for a few weeks, with tensions escalating into five days of limited military escalation over a long-standing border dispute. The cross-border air strikes and shelling killed 40 people, left 300 more injured and displaced almost 260,000 people, many of whom have not yet returned out of fear of escalation.
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Earlier, Trump spoke with the Thai and Cambodian prime ministers, asking them to stop fighting and warning that if they kept on fighting, he would cancel all trade agreements with both sides.
In June, Pakistan also announced that Islamabad would recommend Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in achieving a ceasefire with India, following 4 days of military escalation. Later in July, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize.
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