Just weeks after a peace agreement was reached between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, US President Donald Trump is now nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in the negotiations.
Behind the nomination is the Norwegian politician Christian Tybring-Gjedde in the Norwegian Progress Party, who believes that the Trump administration has played a "key role" in mediation between the countries.
In a letter to the Nobel Committee, he states that other countries in the Middle East are expected to follow suit and that the peace agreement can become a "game changer" in the region.
"I think he has done more to try to create peace between nations than most other nominees for the Peace Prize have done," Christian Tybring-Gjedde told Fox News.
Previously nominated
This is the second time that Christian Tybring-Gjedde has nominated Donald Trump for the Peace Prize.
In 2018, he justified it with the president's peacekeeping agreement with Kim Jong Un.
To nominate someone for the Peace Prize, no special invitation is needed, it is enough to meet certain criteria and qualifications for who is allowed to submit proposals.
These include ministers, heads of state, members of government and university professors, among others.
Over the years, this has led to a wide spread of candidates, who are thinned out by the Norwegian Nobel Committee, which later also nominates a laureate.
The winner of the Peace Prize will be announced on 10 December.