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On Friday, US President Donald Trump reiterated his claim of helping resolve tensions between India and Pakistan, this time while presiding over the signing of a peace accord between Armenia and Azerbaijan at the White House. He also pointed to his role in mediating disputes in other parts of the world, including Thailand and Cambodia.
Following the ceremony, the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan announced their intention to jointly nominate Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, calling the agreement a historic breakthrough. Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev said both nations would submit a letter recommending Trump for the honor, remarking, “Who, if not President Trump, deserves the Nobel Peace Prize?”
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Standing alongside the two leaders, Trump compared the Armenia-Azerbaijan pact to what he described as his earlier success in preventing a “tremendous” — and potentially nuclear — conflict between India and Pakistan. He said the two South Asian nations “were going at it big” before their leaders reached an understanding.
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#WATCH | Washington, DC | US President Donald Trump says, “As president, my highest aspiration is to bring peace and stability to the world. Today’s signing follows our success with India and Pakistan. They were going at it. They were going at it big. And, they were great leaders… pic.x.com/uLQA3lsHYl
— ANI (@ANI) August 8, 2025
Earlier in the day, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio had credited Trump with directly intervening to ease the India-Pakistan standoff, adding it to the list of conflicts where the administration claims to have brokered peace. Trump himself also cited efforts in Africa and Southeast Asia, including between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, and between Thailand and Cambodia.
The Armenia-Azerbaijan accord, which aims to settle the decades-old Nagorno-Karabakh dispute, is the latest in a string of US-brokered deals. The mountainous region broke away from Azerbaijan in the late 1980s with Armenian backing, sparking years of conflict. Trump hailed the agreement as “historic,” saying it would enhance regional stability and open opportunities for trade and investment.
Trump has been making similar claims about mediating peace between India and Pakistan since May 10, when tensions between the two countries began to subside — assertions that New Delhi has consistently denied.
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