President Trump has received a second nomination for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize after helping secure a deal for normal economic relations between Serbia and Kosovo – days after he was nominated for a role in a deal between the United Arab Emirates and Israel.
Trump was appointed by Swedish lawmaker Magnus Jacobson, who announced Friday that he was nominating the Trump administration “for their joint work for peace and economic development,” along with Serbia and Kosovo, through a cooperation agreement signed at the White House. ”
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“Trade and communications are important building blocks for peace,” he said.
The deal, signed at the White House last week, normalizes economic ties between the two former adversaries – and includes Kosovo recognizing Israel, and Serbia agreeing to move its embassy to Jerusalem.
The nomination letter to the Nobel Committee is a preliminary step, and anyone in certain categories, including legislators, university professors and previous recipients, can nominate candidates. There were 318 candidates for the 2020 prize.
The recipient of the prize is determined by a five-person Nobel Committee, appointed by the Norwegian Parliament. The winner of the Peace Prize for 2021 will not be announced until October next year.
Fox News first reported this week that Trump was nominated for the 2021 prize by Norwegian MLA Christian Tibering-GJD, who cited Trump’s role in brokering a peace deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
“For his merits, I think he has done more to bring peace among nations than most of the other Peace Prize nominees,” said Tibering-Gazed, a four-term member of parliament serving as chairman of the Norwegian delegation to the NATO Parliament. Told the news.
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The Trump administration has a key role to play in establishing relations between Israel and the UAE, Tibering-Gazette said in a nomination letter to the Nobel Committee. “As other Middle Eastern countries are expected to follow in the footsteps of the UAE, the agreement could become a game-changer that will turn the Middle East into a region of cooperation and prosperity,” he wrote.
He also praised the reduction of troops in the Middle East.
Trump is not the first such nominee, as Tybring-Gajade introduced one with another Norwegian official in 2018 after the US president’s Singapore summit with Kim Jong Un. According to the report, the Prime Minister of Japan did the same. Trump did not win.
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The case for the Trump Prize this week prompted the U.S. to normalize relations between Bahrain and Israel. Was brokered by the announcement of the brokerage deal. Both the UAE-Israel and Bahrain-Israel deals will be signed at a ceremony on Tuesday.
John Decker of Fox News contributed to this report.
