Islamabad has cited the US president’s position in ending the most recent Pakistan-India escalation
The Pakistani authorities has formally beneficial US President Donald Trump for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, citing his mediation efforts in ending the current navy battle between Islamabad and New Delhi. India, nonetheless, insists Trump performed no position in de-escalating the tensions.
Relations between the 2 nuclear-armed neighbors escalated in late April after a lethal terrorist assault in Pahalgam in Indian‑administered Kashmir, which New Delhi blamed on Pakistan‑backed militants.
In an announcement on Friday, the Pakistani authorities introduced it “determined to formally advocate” Trump for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize “in recognition of his decisive diplomatic intervention and pivotal management through the current India-Pakistan disaster.”
In response to Islamabad, the American chief helped de-escalate a “quickly deteriorating state of affairs” that might have triggered “catastrophic penalties for tens of millions within the area and past.”
It additionally expressed gratitude to Trump for providing to assist resolve the longstanding Kashmir dispute between Pakistan and India.
The US president has repeatedly claimed credit score for the ceasefire on Could 10 that halted the hostilities between the 2 neighboring states. Nonetheless, the Indian authorities has denied that the US president performed a decisive position.
Talking at a press briefing on Wednesday, Indian International Secretary Vikram Misri revealed that in a telephone dialog with Trump yesterday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi harassed that “India has by no means accepted mediation [to resolve its dispute with Islamabad over Jammu and Kashmir], doesn’t settle for and can by no means settle for it.”
Additionally on Wednesday, the US president invited Pakistan Military chief Asim Munir to a non-public lunch assembly, after the sector marshal equally referred to as for Trump’s Nobel nomination, Reuters reported, citing White Home spokeswoman Anna Kelly.
On Saturday, in a put up on his Fact Social platform, Trump said that he and Secretary of State Marco Rubio had organized a “fantastic treaty between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of Rwanda of their struggle.”
“I gained’t get a Nobel Peace Prize for this, I gained’t get a Nobel Peace Prize for stopping the Warfare between India and Pakistan, I gained’t get a Nobel Peace Prize for stopping the Warfare between Serbia and Kosovo, I gained’t get a Nobel Peace Prize for retaining Peace between Egypt and Ethiopia… and I gained’t get a Nobel Peace Prize for doing the Abraham Accords within the Center East,” Trump lamented.
Talking to reporters yesterday, the Republican made related claims about his position in resolving these conflicts.
“I ought to have gotten [the Nobel Peace Prize] 4 or 5 occasions,” he insisted, claiming that this won’t occur “as a result of they solely give it to liberals.”
