US President Donald Trump has been nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, according to a news report.
The nomination was submitted by a four-term member of the Norwegian Parliament, Christian Tybring-Gjedde, who is also the chairman of the Norwegian delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, Fox News reported.
The news comes just weeks after Trump helped negotiate peace between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
“I think he has done more to create peace between nations than most of the Peace Prize nominees,” Christian Tybring-Gjedde was quoted as saying by Fox News.
“As other Middle Eastern countries are expected to follow in the footsteps of the United Arab Emirates, this agreement could be a game changer that will turn the Middle East into a region of cooperation and prosperity,” Tybring-Gjedde wrote in his nomination letter. to the Nobel Committee.
On August 13, Trump had announced the agreement of the United Arab Emirates and Israel to establish full diplomatic relations as part of an agreement to stop the annexation of occupied lands sought by the Palestinians for their future status.
The announcement makes the United Arab Emirates the first Arab Gulf state to do so and only the third Arab nation to have active diplomatic ties with Israel.
Among the Arab nations, Egypt and Jordan have active diplomatic ties with Israel. In 1979, Egypt made a peace agreement with Israel, followed by Jordan in 1994.
Trump’s nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize comes just weeks before the crucial US presidential election, where the Republican presidential candidate is waging a politically charged campaign against his rival Joe Biden.
On November 3, 2020, Americans will go to the polls and vote to elect a new government for the next four years or re-elect Trump for a second term.
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