OAN Staff Abril Elfi
10:44 AM – Saturday, August 2, 2025
Cambodia has announced plans to nominate U.S. President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize following his role in helping reach a ceasefire agreement between them and Thailand.
Speaking to reporters in Phnom Penh on Friday, Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sun Chanthol praised Trump’s intervention in helping end the border conflict between the two Southeast Asian nations.
Chanthol said the president deserved a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to deescalate tensions in the region.
According to Reuters, when asked via text message to confirm Cambodia’s plan to nominate Trump for the prize, Chanthol responded, “yes.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had previously stated he nominated Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, while officials in Pakistan announced in June that they would recommend him as well for his part in easing tensions with India.
Last week, Trump called the leaders of Cambodia and Thailand, urging them immediately to work out a ceasefire. During the conversation, he warned that the U.S. would suspend trade negotiations with both countries if the violence continued.
A ceasefire agreement was reached on Monday in Malaysia, officially ending what has been the most intense conflict between the two nations in more than 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 said during a recent visit to Scotland.
Following the ceasefire announcement, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt praised Trump’s role in securing the agreement, also stating he should get the Nobel Peace Price.
“President Trump made this happen. Give him the Nobel Peace Prize!,” she wrote on X.
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