Pakistan has called for US President Donald Trump to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2026, citing his “decisive diplomatic intervention and pivotal leadership” during the recent India-Pakistan crisis.
The statement, posted on social media platform X, credits Trump with helping defuse tensions—claims he has made repeatedly.
However, Indian authorities have disputed his role in easing the conflict.
The nomination came after Trump was asked Friday about the Nobel and said he should be awarded it for a variety of reasons, including his work on India and Pakistan and arranging a treaty he said would be signed on Monday to end hostilities between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda.
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“I should have gotten it four or five times,” the president said. “They won’t give me a Nobel Peace Prize because they only give it to liberals.”
Following the Indian aggression, Pakistan “launched Operation Bunyanum Marsoos — a measured, resolute, and precise military response”, the post read.
According to a report by Dawn, the post further read that “at a moment of heightened regional turbulence”, President Trump “demonstrated great strategic foresight and stellar statesmanship through robust diplomatic engagement with both Islamabad and New Delhi”
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It continued that the US president “de-escalated a rapidly deteriorating situation, ultimately securing a ceasefire and averting a broader conflict between the two nuclear states that would have had catastrophic consequences for millions of people in the region and beyond,” as reported by Dawn. “This intervention stands as a testament to his [Trump’s] role as a genuine peacemaker and his commitment to conflict resolution through dialogue,” it added.
“Durable peace in South Asia would remain elusive until the implementation of United Nations Security Council resolutions concerning Jammu and Kashmir,” it observed, as reported by Dawn.
Trump has repeatedly said that the nuclear-armed South Asian neighbours agreed to a ceasefire after talks mediated by the US, and that the hostilities ended after he urged the countries to focus on trade instead of war, Dawn reported.
(With inputs from agencies)
