Cambodia Candidate Trump For Nobel Peace

JAKARTA - Cambodia will nominate US President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize.

This proposal follows Trump's direct intervention in stopping the Southeast Asian nation's border conflict with Thailand recently.

When asked via text message confirming Cambodia's plans to nominate Trump for the award, Sun Chanthol replied, "Yes," quoted by Reuters, Friday, August 1.

Cambodian government officials praised US President Donald Trump for successfully bringing peace after Thailand and Cambodia agreed an unconditional ceasefire.

Both sides pledged to lay down arms after the deadliest fighting in more than a decade.

43 people were killed and more than 300 thousand civilians displaced from the disputed border area between the two Southeast Asian countries.

This ceasefire comes amid pressure from Trump via a post on Truth Social which threatens to stop negotiations on trade rates with the two countries if hostilities continue.

Thailand initially rejected third-party mediation offers but changed its mind after Trump's tariff threat.

"Cambodias fully support US initiatives, particularly President Donald Trump, to end the conflict or immediately ceasefire," Cambodia's Director General of the National Assembly, Lim Menghour, told ABC News.

"Our Prime Minister received a call from US President Donald Trump offering mediation to end this conflict, and our Prime Minister immediately accepted the offer."

Menghour called the ceasefire negotiations on Monday in Putrajaya, Malaysia, a good meeting with positive results.

In the ceasefire announcement, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim called the deal a vital first step towards deescalation and restoration of peace and security.

The two leaders who were arguing then shook hands after holding face-to-face talks for the first time since the conflict first started on Thursday last week.

At that time, both sides blamed each other for firing first -- then attacking each other along the disputed border area.

There is skepticism about whether a ceasefire - related to border disputes that have lasted for a century - will actually survive.

Although Menghour said the immediate cessation of hostilities was key to resolving this dispute, Cambodia stated its position clearly.

"We do not relinquish our sovereignty, our territorial integrity," he stressed.