Cambodia’s prime minister said on Thursday he has nominated US President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, lauding his “extraordinary statesmanship” in halting a border conflict between Cambodia and Thailand.

The gesture comes after a U.S.-brokered cease-fire with Thailand, and a trade deal with Washington that blunted a threat of heavy tariffs.

Cambodia's prime minister said he nominated Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday, crediting the U.S. president with "visionary and innovative diplomacy" that ended border clashes with Thailand.

The US president has invoked his supposed role as peacemaker to argue for a Nobel Prize — a campaign cheered on by allies in Islamabad, Tel Aviv and now Cambodia.

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet submitted a letter to the Norwegian Nobel Committee stating that Trump's "extraordinary statesmanship" and diplomatic intervention, particularly a July 26 phone call to leaders in both countries,

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Manet nominated U.S. President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, citing his role in halting a border conflict with Thailand. Trump's call led to a ceasefire and prevented further bloodshed.

Cambodia will nominate U.S. President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, its deputy prime minister said on Friday, following his direct intervention in halting the Southeast Asian country's recent border conflict with Thailand.

Cambodia’s Prime Minister has said he nominated Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, crediting the US President with “visionary and innovative diplomacy” that ended border clashes with Thailand. Five days of hostilities between Cambodia and Thailand killed at least 43 people last month as a territorial dispute boiled over into cross-border combat.