Cambodia to nominate Trump for Nobel Peace Prize for role in ending country's conflict with Thailand

Cambodia will nominate President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize after he helped the country reach a ceasefire agreement to end its boundary conflict with Thailand Sun Chanthol Cambodia's deputy prime minister thanked Trump for bringing peace to the region while speaking to reporters earlier Friday in the country's capital of Phnom Penh Chanthol explained the American president deserved to be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize the highest-profile international award given to a person or organization for doing the greater part to advance fellowship between nations We acknowledge his great efforts for peace Chanthol stated THAILAND CAMBODIA REACH CEASEFIRE DEAL TO END CONFLICT THAT DISPLACED k TRUMP SAYSIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated last month he had nominated Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize and Pakistani officers commented in June they would recommend him for the award for his role in helping to end its conflict with India Trump urged a ceasefire last week when he spoke to the leaders of Cambodia and Thailand and threatened that the U S would not get back to the trading table with the Southeast Asian countries until the fighting stops A ceasefire was negotiated in Malaysia on Monday ending the heaviest conflict between the two countries 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 years intermittently And we solved that war we solved it through contract Trump reported reporters during his newest trip to Scotland TRUMP CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE BETWEEN CAMBODIA AND THAILAND AMID ESCALATING VIOLENCE Following news of the ceasefire White House 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 noted The fighting began last week after a land mine explosion along the frontier wounded five Thai soldiers Each side blamed the other for starting the clashes which lasted five days At least people were killed and more than people were displaced on both sides of the confines I stated 'I don't want to deal with anybody that's killing each other ' Trump continued while 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 also serves as Cambodia's top agreement negotiator declared his country was also grateful to Trump for a reduced tariff rate of The Trump administration had initially threatened a tariff of before later reducing it to a level that would have decimated Cambodia's vital garment and footwear sector Chanthol advised Reuters Reuters contributed to this account