The nomination, made on Saturday, said U.S. President Donald Trump had ‘demonstrated great strategic foresight and stellar statesmanship.’
Pakistan has nominated U.S. President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, calling him a “genuine peacemaker” for his role in helping to avert a major confrontation between India and Pakistan last month.
Government of Pakistan Recommends President Donald J. Trump for 2026 Nobel Peace Prize
— Government of Pakistan (@GovtofPakistan) June 20, 2025
The Government of Pakistan has decided to formally recommend President Donald J. Trump for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, in recognition of his decisive diplomatic intervention and pivotal…
Pakistan’s government said in a statement posted on June 21 on social media platform X that Trump had demonstrated “stellar statesmanship” during the India–Pakistan crisis. It was triggered by the terrorist massacre of 26 Indian tourists near Pahalgam in India-controlled Kashmir on April 22.
At the time, India accused Pakistan of supporting the terrorists, but the two countries, both nuclear-armed, agreed to the terms of a U.S.-mediated cease-fire on May 10, following three days of cross-border shelling, drone attacks, and missile strikes
The Pakistani government’s statement said Trump showed “decisive diplomatic intervention and pivotal leadership during the recent India–Pakistan crisis.”
Government of Pakistan Recommends President Donald J. Trump for 2026 Nobel Peace Prize
— Government of Pakistan (@GovtofPakistan) June 20, 2025
The Government of Pakistan has decided to formally recommend President Donald J. Trump for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, in recognition of his decisive diplomatic intervention and pivotal…
“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 stated.
On May 12, Trump told reporters that he had threatened to revoke all U.S. trade with both India and Pakistan unless they agreed to stop the fighting.
“I said, ‘Come on, we’re going to do a lot of trade with you guys. If you stop it, we’re doing trade. If you don’t stop it, we’re not going to do any trade,’” Trump said.
“We stopped the nuclear conflict. … It could have been a bad nuclear war. Millions of people could have been killed.”
The nominations for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize—to be awarded in October—closed in January, so Pakistan’s citation would be for next year’s prize.
On June 20, Trump posted on social media platform Truth Social that he had arranged a “wonderful treaty” between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Trump said, “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!”
