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Pakistan officially recommended President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, citing his “decisive diplomatic intervention” following the surge in violence between India and Pakistan earlier this year.
The government praised Trump in May for leveraging his “vital leadership.” A few days of cross-border strikes marked the worst regional battle between two nuclear-armed states since 1971, killing dozens and robbing the fear of wider war.
Islamabad and New Delhi agreed to a ceasefire brokered by the US on May 8th. This is because the last one of the strikes burst as the two countries destroyed parts of the long-controversial Kashmir region where they assert full sovereignty.
“At the moment the turbulence in the region increased, President Trump demonstrated major strategic forecasts and stellar politics through his robust diplomatic involvement with both Islamabad and New Delhi,” the Pakistani government said in a statement on Saturday.
The US President helped “avoid wider conflict between two nuclear states that would have had devastating consequences for the region and millions of people beyond.”
“This intervention exists as evidence of his role as a genuine peace supervision and his commitment to conflict resolution through dialogue.”
Indian and Pakistani officials gave contradictory explanations as to how they reached the consensus on a truce at the time. Islamabad praised the White House’s involvement, but New Delhi downplayed it. He told them that the ceasefire was a victory, and that their neighbors cooperated in the ceasefire “directly.”
Governments, other agencies, and certain individuals may nominate those living or active organizations for the Nobel Peace Prize. The winner is decided annually by the Norwegian Nobel Committee.
Trump has long tried to present himself as a global peace superintendent.
Before his second term in office, the Republican leaders vehemently criticized the unsuccessful attempts of his predecessor, President Joe Biden, to negotiate the end of Israel’s brutal campaign in Gaza, following the attack on October 7, 2023 and Russia’s invasion of Russia’s full-scale Ukraine.
Now, a new war is being fostered in the Middle East after Israel unleashed a massive strike in Iran on June 13th, prompting retaliatory attacks from Tehran.
Iranian Iranian broadcaster IRIB reported that more than 400 people were killed on Saturday, citing Iran’s Ministry of Health. At least 24 people have been killed in Israel, according to the Israeli government.
Israel says the attacks target nuclear sites and high-ranking military officers. Tehran retaliated with drone and missile attacks in northern and southern Israel.
Earlier this week, Trump set up a voluntary two-week timeline for his decision to involve the US military in Iran. Iran’s foreign minister said his country would not re-enter negotiations with the US while under attack from Israel after meeting with EU civil servants and foreign ministers from Britain, France and Germany in Geneva, Switzerland on Friday.
Just Friday, Trump tried to highlight his diplomatic success in the Middle East and beyond, but suggested he would not get recognition from them.
“I will not win the Nobel Peace Prize to stop the war between India and Pakistan,” he posted on the Truth Social Platform.
“Nobel Peace Prize, whatever I do, whether it’s Russia/Ukraine or Israel/Iran, what’s the result?