Pakistan recommends Donald Trump for 2026 Nobel Peace Prize over 'role during India-Pak crisis'

The Government of Pakistan has announced it on X.

"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 leadership during the recent India-Pakistan crisis," the social media post reads.

This comes after Trump on Wednesday hosted Pakistan Army chief Asim Munir for lunch at the White House.

Munir's visit to the US came more than a month after India strongly retaliated against the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack where 26 tourists were killed.

The Indian Armed Forces carried out military action dubbed as Operation Sindoor and busted nine terrorist camps in Pakistan.

Though India outrightly rejected several times, Trump claimed he played a mediator in the ceasefire between India and Pakistan.

In the latest reaction from India, the country's Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Trump in a phone call that India has never asked for, and will never accept, third-party mediation to resolve the issue of Pakistan's illegal occupation of parts of Jammu and Kashmir.

Speaking on the conversation between the two leaders, Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said, "PM Modi stressed that India never accepted mediation nor does it accept it now, nor will it ever do that. On this issue, there is full political unanimity."

Speaking to reporters later in the day, hours before his scheduled meeting with Pakistan's army chief Asim Munir at the White House, Trump, however, continued to claim that he had stopped the war and, at the same time.

"Well, I stopped the war between Pakistan - I love Pakistan - I think Modi is a fantastic man, I spoke to him last night. We are going to make a trade deal with Modi of India... And I stopped the war between Pakistan and India," Trump claimed.

"This man (possibly referring to Asim Munir) was extremely influential in stopping it from the Pakistani side, Modi from the India side, and others. And they were going at it, they are both nuclear countries. I got it stopped," he said.