Macron: Trump Needs Gaza Peace for Nobel Prize Consideration

Donald Trump has repeated several times that he wants to get the Nobel Peace Prize. But France's president Emmanuel Macron says that a prize to Trump can only be considered if he succeeds in negotiating a peace in Gaza.

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Macron: Trump Needs Gaza Peace for Nobel Prize Consideration
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The President of the United States brought up a possible peace prize in his speech in the UN General Assembly, and claimed that "everyone" thinks he should receive the Nobel Prize.

He has, according to his own statement, put an end to seven wars, and each of them is worth a prize, he said.

But to me, the real prize is that sons and daughters can grow up together with their mothers and fathers when millions of people are no longer being killed in endless and unglamorous wars.

What I care about is not winning prizes, but saving lives.

His desire for a medal in Oslo has often been met with more ridicule than genuine appreciation internationally. But French President Emmanuel Macron says on Tuesday that a prize is not unthinkable - but on one important condition.

The Nobel Prize is only possible if he puts a stop to this conflict (in Gaza), he says to the French TV channel BFMTV.

Macron highlights Trump as the only one who can bring peace to the war between Israel and Hamas.

I see an American president who has set things in motion and who this morning said that "I want to see peace, I want to solve this conflict" and who wants to have the Nobel Peace Prize.

Why can the President of the United States do more than what we can? We do not deliver weapons (to Israel) that make it possible for the conflict in Gaza to continue.

The President of the United States, Donald Trump, says that he has successfully brokered an end to seven different wars through diplomacy. But the reality is more complicated and in several cases, he has only managed to achieve a ceasefire. It also varies exactly how involved Trump has been in the different negotiations.

The seven wars are:

Between Cambodia and Thailand (ceasefire)

Between Kosovo and Serbia (agreement to normalize economic relations exists)

Between Congo-Kinshasa and Rwanda (agreement on peace agreement exists, but violence continues)

Between Pakistan and India (ceasefire)

Between Israel and Iran (ceasefire)

Between Egypt and Ethiopia (conflict ongoing, but not as war)

Between Armenia and Azerbaijan (declaration to strive for a peace agreement signed)

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