Cambodia will nominate President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize after he helped the nation attain a cease-fire settlement to finish its border battle with Thailand.
Solar Chanthol, Cambodia’s deputy prime minister, thanked Trump for bringing peace to the area whereas chatting with reporters earlier Friday within the nation’s capital of Phnom Penh.
Chanthol stated the American president deserved to be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, the highest-profile worldwide award given to an individual or group for doing essentially the most to “advance fellowship between nations.”
“We acknowledge his great efforts for peace,” Chanthol stated.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated final month he had nominated Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize and Pakistani officers stated in June they might suggest him for the award for his function in serving to to finish its battle with India.
Trump urged a cease-fire final week when he spoke to the leaders of Cambodia and Thailand and threatened that the US wouldn’t get again to the “trading table” with the Southeast Asian nations till the combating stops.
A cease-fire was negotiated in Malaysia on Monday, ending the heaviest battle between the 2 nations in over a decade.
“Numerous people were killed and I was dealing with two countries that we get along with very well, very different countries from certain standpoints. They’ve been fighting for 500 years intermittently. And, we solved that war … we solved it through trade,” Trump informed reporters throughout his latest journey to Scotland.
Following information of the cease-fire, White Home Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt wrote on X that Trump’s direct involvement led to the truce.
“President Trump made this happen. Give him the Nobel Peace Prize!,” she stated.
The combating started final week after a land mine explosion alongside the border wounded 5 Thai troopers. All sides blamed the opposite for beginning the clashes, which lasted 5 days.
At the least 43 individuals had been killed and greater than 300,000 individuals had been displaced on either side of the border.
“I said, ‘I don’t want to trade with anybody that’s killing each other,’” Trump continued whereas in Scotland. “So we just got that one solved. And I’m going to call the two prime ministers who I got along with very, very well and speak to them right after this meeting and congratulate them. But it was an honor to be involved in that. That was going to be a very nasty war. Those wars have been very, very nasty.”
Chanthol, who additionally serves as Cambodia’s prime commerce negotiator, stated his nation was additionally grateful to Trump for a diminished tariff charge of 19%.
The Trump administration had initially threatened a tariff of 49% earlier than later lowering it to 36%, a degree that might have decimated Cambodia’s very important garment and footwear sector, Chanthol informed Reuters.
Reuters contributed to this report.
