Phnom Penh (Reuters)-Cambodia will appoint US President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, his deputy minister said on Friday after Trump’s direct intervention at the interruption of Southeast Asian border conflict with Thailand.
Asked by text message to confirm Cambodia’s plan to indicate Trump for the prize, Sun Chanthol replied, “Yes.”
Speaking to reporters early in the day, in the capital, Phnom Penh, Chanthol thanked Trump for bringing peace and said he deserved to be nominated for the prize, the highest level international prize given to an individual or organization for doing his best to “promote brotherhood among nations.”
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Pakistan said in June it would indicate Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to help resolve a conflict with India, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said last month that Trump nominated for the prize.
It was an appeal from Trump last week that broke an effort to end the heaviest fighting between Thailand and Cambodia in over a decade, leading to a
Following the announcement of the truce, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said in an X post that Trump made it happen.
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“Give him the Nobel Peace Prize!” She said.
At least 43 people were killed in the intense clashes, which lasted five days and moved more than 300,000 people on both sides of the border.
“We recognize his great efforts for peace,” said Chanthol, also Camboja’s main commercial negotiator, adding that his country was also grateful for a reduced rate of 19%.
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Initially, Washington had threatened with a 49%tariff, but later reduced it to 36%, a level that would have decimated the Vital Clothing and Cambodian Shoes Sector, Chanthol told Reuters in an interview early Friday.
