Islamabad points to the US president’s involvement in de-escalating the recent tensions between Pakistan and India.
The Pakistani government has officially put forward Donald Trump for consideration for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, recognizing his efforts to mediate and resolve the recent military tensions between Pakistan and India. However, India maintains that Trump had no part in de-escalating the conflict.
The relationship between the two nuclear powers deteriorated in late April following a fatal terrorist incident in Pahalgam, in the Indian-controlled region of Kashmir. New Delhi attributed the attack to militants supported by Pakistan.
In a statement released on Friday, the Pakistani government stated it had “decided to formally recommend” Trump for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, acknowledging his “decisive diplomatic intervention and pivotal leadership during the recent India-Pakistan crisis.”
According to Islamabad, the U.S. President helped to diffuse a “rapidly deteriorating situation” which had the potential to result in “catastrophic consequences for millions in the region and beyond.”
The government also conveyed its appreciation to Trump for his offer to assist in resolving the long-standing Kashmir dispute between Pakistan and India.
The U.S. President has repeatedly stated that he was responsible for the ceasefire on May 10 that ended hostilities between the two countries. However, the Indian government refutes that the U.S. President played a significant role.
During a press briefing on Wednesday, Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri mentioned that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a phone conversation with Trump the day before, emphasized that “India has never accepted mediation [to resolve its dispute with Islamabad over Jammu and Kashmir], does not accept and will never accept it.”
Also on Wednesday, Reuters reported, citing White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly, that the U.S. President invited Pakistan Army chief Asim Munir to a private lunch meeting, after the field marshal also supported Trump’s nomination for the Nobel Prize.
On Saturday, Trump claimed on his Truth Social platform that he and Secretary of State Marco Rubio had facilitated a “wonderful treaty between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of Rwanda in their war.”
Trump wrote, “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… and I won’t get a Nobel Peace Prize for doing the Abraham Accords in the Middle East,” in a lamenting tone.
The previous day, the Republican had made similar assertions regarding his involvement in resolving these conflicts while speaking to reporters.
He insisted, “I should have gotten [the Nobel Peace Prize] four or five times,” claiming that this will not happen “because they only give it to liberals.”
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