Pakistan says it will nominate Donald Trump for Nobel Peace Prize for resolving its conflict with India
Pakistan has said it would recommend Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in helping to resolve the recent conflict between India and Pakistan.
Some analysts in Pakistan have suggested the move might persuade the US president to reconsider potentially joining Israel in striking Iran's nuclear facilities.
Pakistan has condemned Israel's attack on Iran as a violation of international law and said it threatens regional stability.
Last month a surprise announcement by Mr Trump of a ceasefire brought an end to a four-day conflict between India and Pakistan, two nuclear-armed states.
The US president has repeatedly boasted of averting a nuclear war and saving millions of lives, and has complained about not getting enough credit.
"President Trump demonstrated great strategic foresight and stellar statesmanship through robust diplomatic engagement with both Islamabad and New Delhi, which de-escalated a rapidly deteriorating situation," Pakistan said.
"This intervention stands as a testament to his role as a genuine peacemaker."
Mr Trump has long craved the Nobel Peace Prize, claiming he should have been awarded it for a variety of reasons.
In a post on his Truth Social platform on Friday, the president gave a long list of conflicts he claimed he had resolved, including Pakistan and India and the Abraham accords in his first term between Israel and some Muslim-majority countries.
"I won't get a Nobel Peace Prize no matter what I do," he added.
Pakistan's announcement it would nominate Mr Trump comes in the same week as its army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, met the US president for lunch.
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