Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will nominate US President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize. said White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.
Takaichi pledged Tuesday to build a “new golden era” of the Japan-U.S. alliance alongside President Donald Trump during their first meeting in Tokyo.
At the beginning of the meeting, Takaichi also said that the bilateral relationship has become “the greatest alliance in the world.”while praising Trump’s role in promoting peace in the Middle East.
A Japanese government source said Takaichi intends to tell Trump of his plan to recommend him for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Takaichi thus joins the list of foreign leaders allied with the Republican president who have requested the award for Trump, in recognition of his mediation in various international conflicts, including the recent ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip.
Trump had openly expressed his aspirations to obtain the award in 2025, but the award ended up in the hands of the Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado.
“Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced the president’s nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize,” White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt told reporters at the conclusion of the private meeting between Trump and Takaichi in Tokyo.
Previously, during the opening remarks of the meeting, open to the press, the conservative prime minister praised Trump’s work on the ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia, as well as “the unprecedented historic achievement” obtained in the Middle East.
During his tour of Asia, Trump was in Malaysia on Sunday, where he witnessed the signing of a “historic agreement” between Thailand and Cambodia, who have a border dispute, during a ceremony with the leaders of each country on the occasion of the summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
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