Donald Trump nominated for Nobel Peace Prize for ‘historic’ Middle East policy

New Delhi:

Former US President Donald Trump has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for the fourth time. Trump’s name was raised by Republican congresswoman Claudia Taney, citing his “historic” policies in the Middle East.

This statement was released on Ms. Tenney’s official websiterevealed her decision to nominate Donald Trump for his role in the Abraham Accords.

The Abraham Accords treaty signed in September 2020 officially normalized relations between the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Israel.

Ms Taney said in a statement: “Donald Trump played a major role in brokering the first new peace agreement in the Middle East in almost 30 years. For decades, bureaucrats, foreign policy ‘professionals’ and international organizations have insisted that if There can be no more Middle East peace deals without resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. President Trump has proven that wrong.”

“President Trump’s heroic efforts in crafting the Abraham Accords were unprecedented and remain unrecognized by the Nobel Peace Prize committee,” the Republican congresswoman said in explaining the need for the nomination. This underscores the need for his nomination today.”

Ms Taney further said the US was witnessing “weak leadership” under current US President Joe Biden, saying, “Now more than ever, when Joe Biden has weak leadership on the international stage, All threaten the safety and security of our nation, and we must recognize Trump’s strong leadership and his efforts to achieve world peace. I am honored to nominate former President Donald Trump today and am eager to have him Get the recognition you deserve.”

It is worth noting that Trump is currently the front-runner for the Republican presidential candidate and has been nominated for the Abraham Accords peace agreement multiple times. However, he did not receive the award during his term as president.

Mr Trump was the first in 2020 Nominated by Christian Tybring-GideMember of the Norwegian parliament who helped reach a deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates

While this is the first time Trump has been nominated for his role in the deal, it marks the second time his name has been named as a candidate for the Nobel Prize.

Christian Tybring-Gjedde told the news agency: “This is because he contributed to peace between Israel and the UAE. This is a unique agreement.” Reuters.

Christian, who nominated Trump for the 2019 award for his diplomatic efforts with North Korea, said he also nominated Trump in 2020 for the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq.