White House says Trump deserves Nobel Peace Prize for ending conflicts including India-Pak tensions

Washington: White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has said that US President Donald Trump should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, claiming he ended several international conflicts, including tensions between India and Pakistan.

Leavitt stated at a press briefing that Trump had “ended conflicts between Thailand and Cambodia, Israel and Iran, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, India and Pakistan, Serbia and Kosovo and Egypt and Ethiopia.” She claimed the president had brokered about one peace deal or ceasefire per month during his six months in office.

"It's well past time that President Trump was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize,” she said.

Since 10 May, when Trump announced on social media that India and Pakistan had agreed to a “full and immediate” ceasefire after a “long night” of talks mediated by Washington, he has repeatedly asserted that he helped defuse tensions between the two nations. He has claimed nearly 30 times that he “helped settle” the conflict and promised both countries increased trade if they stopped hostilities.

However, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Parliament this week that no foreign leader had asked India to halt Operation Sindoor.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar also said on Wednesday that there was no third-party intervention in the ceasefire with Pakistan and dismissed Trump’s claims that the decision was linked to trade. He clarified that Modi and Trump had no phone conversations between 22 April, when the Pahalgam terror attack occurred, and 16 June.