Cambodia to appoint Trump for Nobel Peace Prize for ceasefire with Thailand
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Cambodia will nominate President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize after he helped the nation attain a ceasefire settlement to finish its border battle with Thailand.
Solar Chanthol, Cambodia’s deputy prime minister, thanked Trump for bringing peace to the area whereas chatting with reporters earlier Friday within the nation’s capital of Phnom Penh.
Chanthol mentioned the American president deserved to be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, the highest-profile worldwide award given to an individual or group for doing probably the most to “advance fellowship between nations.”
“We acknowledge his nice efforts for peace,” Chanthol mentioned.
THAILAND, CAMBODIA REACH CEASEFIRE DEAL TO END CONFLICT THAT DISPLACED 260k, TRUMP SAYS
Cambodia will nominate President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize. (AP Photograph/Mark Schiefelbein)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mentioned final month he had nominated Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize and Pakistani officers mentioned in June they might suggest him for the award for his position in serving to to finish its battle with India.
Trump urged a ceasefire final week when he spoke to the leaders of Cambodia and Thailand and threatened that the U.S. wouldn’t get again to the “buying and selling desk” with the Southeast Asian international locations till the preventing stops.
A ceasefire was negotiated in Malaysia on Monday, ending the heaviest battle between the 2 international locations in over a decade.
“Quite a few folks have been killed and I used to be coping with two international locations that we get together with very nicely, very totally different international locations from sure standpoints. They have been preventing for 500 years intermittently. And, we solved that battle … we solved it by means of commerce,” Trump advised reporters throughout his current journey to Scotland.
TRUMP CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE BETWEEN CAMBODIA AND THAILAND AMID ESCALATING VIOLENCEÂ
Cambodia’s Deputy Prime Minister Solar Chanthol mentioned Trump deserved to be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. (Getty Pictures)
Following information of the ceasefire, White Home Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt wrote on X that Trump’s direct involvement led to the truce.
“President Trump made this occur. Give him the Nobel Peace Prize!,” she mentioned.
The preventing started final week after a land mine explosion alongside the border wounded 5 Thai troopers. Either side blamed the opposite for beginning the clashes, which lasted 5 days.
At the least 43 folks have been killed and greater than 300,000 folks have been displaced on either side of the border.
“I mentioned, ‘I do not need to commerce with anyone that is killing one another,'” Trump continued whereas in Scotland. “So we simply acquired that one solved. And I’ll name the 2 prime ministers who I acquired together with very, very nicely and communicate to them proper after this assembly and congratulate them. However it was an honor to be concerned in that. That was going to be a really nasty battle. These wars have been very, very nasty.”
Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, middle, Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Manet, left, and Thailand’s performing Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai pose after talks on a ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia in Putrajaya, Malaysia, on Monday, July 28, 2025. (Mohd Rasfan/Pool Photograph by way of AP)
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Chanthol, who additionally serves as Cambodia’s prime commerce negotiator, mentioned his nation was additionally grateful to Trump for a decreased tariff price of 19%.
The Trump administration had initially threatened a tariff of 49% earlier than later decreasing it to 36%, a stage that may have decimated Cambodia’s important garment and footwear sector, Chanthol advised Reuters.
Reuters contributed to this report.