A Ukrainian politician and lawmaker has nominated President-elect Donald Trump for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, the Kyiv Independent reported.
Oleksandr Merezhko, a top member of parliament from Servant of the People, the party of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, has reportedly sent a letter to the Norwegian Nobel Committee nominating the president-elect for the prestigious prize.
"It is my belief that Trump has made considerable contributions to world peace, and that he can make more in the future," he wrote, the Kyiv Independent reported.
Trump, who won the 2024 U.S. presidential election earlier this month, is set to return to office in January. During his campaign, he said he would end the Russia-Ukraine war "in 24 hours."
"Trump also laid the foundations for today's international coalition of support for Ukraine by demonstrating global leadership in supplying weapons to resist Russia's brutal and illegal war of aggression," Merezhko added, referencing Trump's selling of anti-tank Javelin missiles to Ukraine in 2017.
Merezhko also reportedly mentioned Trump's mediation of conflicts between Israel and countries such as the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Sudan during his first presidential term.
In 2020, Trump arranged a peace deal between Israel and the UAE, established diplomatic relations between Israel and Bahrain, and brokered a peace agreement between Israel and Sudan.
Merezhko wrote, "In his attempts to stop Russia's aggression against Ukraine (Trump) will be searching for a solution on the basis of international law, including such principles as territorial integrity, respect for the sovereignty of Ukraine, and non-use of force."
The Ukrainian politician added that he hoped Trump could help Kyiv attain "just, comprehensive and sustainable peace based on the UN Charter and principles of international law."
Newsweek contacted Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Trump transition team for comment via email.
Zelensky and Trump have a complex relationship, as the Ukrainian president has disagreed with the president-elect on his plan to end the war in Ukraine.
Although Zelensky congratulated Trump on winning the 2024 election and the two spoke on the phone soon after about the war, he has rejected Trump's peace plan for Russia and Ukraine, saying it would be a "loss for Ukraine" and that the country would lose its territorial integrity.
Zelensky has also said the war will "end sooner" under Trump, while the Republican said during his campaign that he would end aid to Ukraine if elected.
Trump's advisers have said they want to freeze the war in place along the current front lines, with Russia and Ukraine retaining the territories they have seized.
Trump has been pushing for a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, and in addition to freezing all conflict, his advisers have said they want to implement a demilitarized zone, which would not be upheld by American troops.
Since Trump's electoral victory, tensions between the warring countries have escalated. Both sides have begun using long-range weapons to conduct strikes, as President Joe Biden recently authorized Ukraine to do so.
Previous winners of the Nobel Peace Prize include Theodore Roosevelt, Barack Obama, Jimmy Carter, the European Union and Malala Yousafzai.
This isn't the first time Trump has been nominated for the award. In January, Representative Claudia Tenney, a Republican from New York, nominated the former president for his work brokering the treaty between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Sudan.
In 2020, Trump also received nominations from Christian Tybring-Gjedde, a member of the Norwegian parliament; Laura Huhtasaari, a Finnish member of the European Parliament; and a group of Australian lawmakers.
The 2024 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony is scheduled to take place on December 10 at the Oslo City Hall in Norway.
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