Donald Trump has – according to himself – ended several wars, and both he and his employees have been clear that they believe he deserves to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
The American president has been nominated for the peace prize by the leaders of several countries, including Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu and Azerbaijan's Ilham Aliyev. But all reporting around Trump's and others' desire for him to be awarded the prize does not affect the process, emphasizes the committee.
Of course, we notice that there is a lot of media attention around specific candidates, says the committee's secretary, Kristian Berg Harpviken, and adds that it does not affect the discussions that are held in the committee.
The committee assesses each individual nominee based on their own merits.
The last day to submit nominations for this year's peace prize was already January 31, just eleven days after Trump took office as president for the second time.
We are very aware that a number of campaigns are held every year, and we do our utmost to structure the process and meetings in such a way that we are not unnecessarily influenced by any campaign.
Those who can nominate for the peace prize are members of parliament and ministers from all countries in the world, former winners and certain university professors. Therefore, thousands or even tens of thousands of people can suggest a name.
The winner will be announced on October 10.
