Cambodia intends to nominate President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, citing his role in brokering a ceasefire agreement to end the country’s border conflict with Thailand.

Deputy Prime Minister Sun Chanthol expressed Cambodia’s gratitude to Trump for his contribution to regional peace during a press briefing in Phnom Penh on Friday.

Chanthol stated that the American president deserves the nomination for the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize, which recognizes individuals or organizations that have significantly promoted “fellowship between nations.”

“We acknowledge his great efforts for peace,” Chanthol affirmed.

Previously, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nominated Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize last month. Pakistani officials also indicated in June that they would recommend him for the award due to his role in resolving the conflict between Pakistan and India.

Reportedly, Trump urged a ceasefire in discussions with the leaders of Cambodia and Thailand the previous week, warning that the U.S. would suspend trade relations until the fighting ceased.

A ceasefire was successfully negotiated in Malaysia on Monday, bringing an end to the most intense conflict between the two nations 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 500 years intermittently. And, we solved that war … we solved it through trade,” Trump stated to reporters during a recent visit to Scotland.

 

Following the announcement of the ceasefire, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt posted on X, asserting that Trump’s direct intervention was instrumental in achieving the truce.

“President Trump made this happen. Give him the Nobel Peace Prize!,” she exclaimed.

The conflict was triggered the previous week by a land mine explosion along the border, which injured five Thai soldiers. Both sides accused each other of initiating the clashes, which lasted for five days.

The fighting resulted in at least 43 fatalities and displaced over 300,000 individuals on both sides of the border.

“I said, ‘I don’t want to trade with anybody that’s killing each other,'” Trump continued 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 chief trade negotiator, expressed his country’s appreciation to Trump for a tariff reduction of 19%.

The Trump administration had initially proposed a tariff of 49% before lowering it to 36%, a level that would have severely impacted Cambodia’s crucial garment and footwear industries, Chanthol told Reuters.

Reuters contributed to this report.

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