Pakistan recommends Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
The Pakistani government has formally recommended US President Donald Trump for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, citing his mediation efforts in ending the recent military conflict between Islamabad and New Delhi. India, however, insists Trump played no role in de-escalating the tensions.
Relations between the two nuclear-armed neighbors escalated in late April after a deadly terrorist attack in Pahalgam in Indian‑administered Kashmir, which New Delhi blamed on Pakistan‑backed militants.
In a statement on Friday, the Pakistani government announced it 'decided to formally recommend' Trump for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize 'in recognition of his decisive diplomatic intervention and pivotal leadership during the recent India-Pakistan crisis.'
According to Islamabad, the American leader helped de-escalate a 'rapidly deteriorating situation' that could have triggered 'catastrophic consequences for millions in the region and beyond.'
It also expressed gratitude to Trump for offering to help resolve the longstanding Kashmir dispute between Pakistan and India.
The US president has repeatedly claimed credit for the ceasefire on May 10 that halted the hostilities between the two neighboring states. However, the Indian government has denied that the US president played a decisive role.
Speaking at a press briefing on Wednesday, Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri revealed that during a phone conversation with Trump the previous day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stressed that 'India has never accepted mediation [to resolve its dispute with Islamabad over Jammu and Kashmir], does not accept and will never accept it.'
Also on Wednesday, the US president invited Pakistan Army chief Asim Munir to a private lunch meeting, after the field marshal similarly called for Trump's Nobel nomination, Reuters reported, citing White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly.
On Saturday, in a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump stated that he and Secretary of State Marco Rubio had arranged a 'wonderful treaty between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of Rwanda in their war.'
'I won't get a Nobel Peace Prize for this, I won't get a Nobel Peace Prize for stopping the War between India and Pakistan, I won't get a Nobel Peace Prize for stopping the War between Serbia and Kosovo, I won't get a Nobel Peace Prize for keeping Peace between Egypt and Ethiopia… and I won't get a Nobel Peace Prize for doing the Abraham Accords in the Middle East,' Trump lamented.
Speaking to reporters the previous day, the Republican made similar claims about his role in resolving those conflicts.
'I should have gotten [the Nobel Peace Prize] four or five times,' he insisted, claiming that this will not happen 'because they only give it to liberals.'
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