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After Netanyahu, Pak's Shehbaz Sharif backs Trump for Nobel Peace: ‘A man world needed…’
Shehbaz Sharif went on to nominate Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, calling him the "most genuine and wonderful candidate."
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday lauded US President Donald Trump as "a man of peace" and a leader "the world needed the most at this point", even as he backed the US President for the Nobel Peace Prize.
“Today is one of the greatest days in contemporary history because peace has been achieved after untiring efforts, led by President Trump, who is genuinely a man of peace, who has relentlessly worked throughout this month to make this world a place to live with peace and prosperity,” Sharif said while addressing a gathering of world leaders in Egypt.
Shehbaz Sharif went on to nominate Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, calling him the "most genuine and wonderful candidate."
“I would say that Pakistan had nominated President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for his extraordinary efforts to first stop the war between India and Pakistan and then achieve a ceasefire, along with his very wonderful team. Today again, I would like to nominate this great President for the Nobel Peace Prize because I genuinely feel that he is the most genuine and the most wonderful candidate,” Sharif added.
Sharif's endorsement comes just hours after Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and the country's parliament nominated Trump for the prize he has been lobbying to get since coming back to office earlier this year.
Nobel Peace Prize dedicated to Donald Trump
After being granted the Nobel Peace Prize, the 2025 winner, Venezuelan democracy activist Maria Corina Machado, dedicated the win to the US President Donald Trump.
"I dedicate this prize to the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for his decisive support of our cause!" Machado said in a post on X.
“We are on the threshold of victory, and today more than ever, we count on President Trump, the people of the United States, the peoples of Latin America, and the democratic nations of the world as our main allies to achieve Freedom and democracy,” Machado said in another post.
Trump later said that Machado had called him after winning the Nobel Peace Prize.
When asked about the Nobel on Friday evening, Trump said that Machado had called him and said that he “deserved” to win.
“The person who actually got the Nobel Prize called today, called me, and said, 'I'm accepting this in honor of you, because you really deserved it,” Trump said, adding that it was a “very nice thing to do.”
He further said that Machado would have given him the award if he had asked. “I didn't say, 'Then give it to me,' though I think she might have. She was very nice,” he said.
While granting Machado the award, the Norwegian Nobel Committee cited “courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist” authoritarian leadership.
