Cambodia To Propose Donald Trump To Get A Nobel Peace Prize

Donald Trump will be proposed by Cambodia to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end the war against Thailand. (Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times)

JAKARTA - Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sun Chanthol stated that his country would propose the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to United States President Donald Trump for its efforts to help end the war with Thailand on Friday.

"He (Trump) must receive a Nobel Prize, not only for his contribution to Cambodia but also elsewhere," Sun Chanthol said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal media.

Sun said his country could not agree to end the war with Thailand without Trump's contribution.

On July 27, Trump said that the US would not continue trade negotiations with countries experiencing conflict and encouraged Cambodia and Thailand to immediately negotiate a ceasefire.

To show Cambodia's seriousness in proposing the Nobel Peace Prize to Trump, Sun revealed his government's plans to immediately communicate with the Nobel Committee in Norway on this matter.

Tensions on the Thai-Kamboja border peaked into armed fighting on July 24. After clashes in the border area, the military of the two countries engaged in a shootout.

Cambodian military launched rocket attacks on Thailand that hit civilian targets in the country, while Thailand retaliated with airstrikes against Cambodian military.

Both parties reported casualties, including among civilians, as a result of fighting.

Following a meeting between Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet and Thai PM Pomtham Wechayachai, mediated by Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim in Kuala Lumpur, last Monday, the two sides agreed to an immediate ceasefire.