PHNOM PENH – Cambodia will nominate US President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, its Deputy Prime Minister Sun Chanthol said on Aug 1, following his direct intervention in halting Cambodia’s recent border conflict with Thailand.

Asked via text message to confirm Cambodia’s plan to nominate Trump for the prize, Mr Chanthol responded, “Yes.”

Speaking to reporters earlier in the capital, Phnom Penh, Mr Chanthol thanked Mr Trump for bringing peace and said he deserved to be nominated for the prize, the highest-profile international award given to an individual or organisation deemed to have done the most to “advance fellowship between nations”.

Pakistan said in June it would

recommend Mr Trump

for the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in helping to resolve a conflict with India, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in July he nominated Mr Trump for the award.

It was a call by Mr Trump last week that broke a deadlock in efforts to end the heaviest fighting between Cambodia and Thailand in over a decade, leading to a ceasefire negotiated in Malaysia on July 28.

Following the truce announcement, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said in a post on X that Mr Trump made it happen.

“Give him the Nobel Peace Prize!,” she said.

At least 43 people were killed in the

border conflict

, which lasted five days and displaced more than 300,000 people on both sides of the border.

“We acknowledge his great efforts for peace,” said Mr Chanthol, also Cambodia&...