New Delhi: Pakistan’s government Saturday “decided to formally recommend” US President Donald Trump’s name for the Nobel Peace Prize for his “decisive diplomatic intervention” and “pivotal leadership” during the India-Pakistan conflict last month.
The announcement, made on X, comes two days after Trump hosted Pakistan Army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir for lunch at the White House.
Munir, according to a Reuters report that quoted White House deputy press secretary Anna Kelly, received the invite after he advocated for Trump to be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for preventing a ‘nuclear war’ between India and Pakistan.
“This intervention stands as a testament to his role as a genuine peacemaker and his commitment to conflict resolution through dialogue,” read the post on X by the Pakistani government Saturday.
Following the announcement by Pakistan, Trump in a post on Truth Social also projected himself as a global peacemaker and said that his government “arranged a wonderful treaty” between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda. He went on to claim credit for what he described as a landmark agreement in one of Africa’s most protracted and violent regional conflicts.
“This is a Great Day for Africa and, quite frankly, a Great Day for the World,” Trump wrote, and proceeded to lament that he would not get a Nobel prize “no matter what I do”.
“I won’t get a Nobel Peace Prize for this, I won’t get a Nobel Peace Prize for stopping the War between India and Pakistan, I won’t get a Nobel Peace Prize for stopping the War between Serbia and Kosovo, I won’t get a Nobel Peace Prize for keeping Peace between Egypt and Ethiopia (A massive Ethiopian built dam, stupidly financed by the United States of America, substantially reduces the water flowing into The Nile River), and I won’t get a Nobel Peace Prize for doing the Abraham Accords in the Middle East which, if all goes well, will be loaded to the brim with additional Countries signing on, and will unify the Middle East for the first time in “The Ages!” he wrote on Truth Social.
Trump has long voiced frustration over not receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the Abraham Accords—which led to normalisation of ties between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, and Israel and Bahrain—and for what he claims were his efforts to maintain stability across flashpoints like North Korea, Ukraine and the Middle East.
“No, I won’t get a Nobel Peace Prize no matter what I do, including Russia/Ukraine, and Israel/Iran, whatever those outcomes may be, but the people know, and that’s all that matters to me!” he stated.
While Pakistan credits Trump for ending the India-Pakistan crisis, India flatly denies any external mediation, asserting that the end to armed hostilities was achieved bilaterally. Indian officials have maintained that Trump played no mediatory role in end of military operations between India and Pakistan post Operation Sindoor.
In a statement, Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said the ceasefire was arranged through established bilateral military channels and “on the insistence of Pakistan”. He reiterated that India “has not accepted mediation in the past and will never do”.
Pakistan, in its post on X, however, claimed 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 which 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”.
It added: “The Government of Pakistan also acknowledges and greatly admires President Trump’s sincere offers to help resolve the longstanding dispute of Jammu and Kashmir between India and Pakistan—an issue that lies at the heart of regional instability. Durable peace in South Asia would remain elusive until the implementation of United Nations Security Council resolutions concerning Jammu and Kashmir.”
India has consistently maintained that the Kashmir dispute is a bilateral issue and should not be subject to external involvement—a position that has long shaped India’s strategic posture.
According to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, nominations must be submitted by 31 January of the award year. Qualified nominators include heads of state, national lawmakers, university professors in certain disciplines, and members of international institutions.
While the committee does not reveal its list of nominees until 50 years later, governments are free to publicise their submissions.
Nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize for 2026 will only begin in October this year.
(Edited by Nida Fatima Siddiqui)
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