A Norwegian lawmaker nominated US President Donald J. Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize next year, against the backdrop of the contribution of the White House to the conclusion of the historic normalization agreement between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel.
The United States of America (USA) has brokered peace efforts to bring the two states to a peace agreement.
Christian Tebring Jedi, a deputy in the Norwegian Parliament for the right-wing Progress Party, sent a letter to the Norwegian Nobel Prize Committee, requesting that Trump be registered among the candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2021.
Jedi referred to the pivotal role played by the Trump administration in efforts to establish relations between Israel and the UAE.
Jedi stressed that the agreement between Tel Aviv and Abu Dhabi may represent a turning point thanks to which the Middle East will become an area for cooperation and prosperity, especially since that the other countries in the region are expected to follow the example of the Emirates.
In his message, the Norwegian legislator also referred to Trump's efforts in normalizing relations between India and Pakistan, and between North and South Korea, in addition to activating efforts to withdraw American forces from Afghanistan and Iraq.
He pointed out that Trump has become the first American president ,in 39 years, that the United States did not involve within a new military conflict across the world.
In press statements, the Norwegian legislator expressed his conviction that Trump has contributed more than any other candidate to efforts to bring peace between countries.
On the other hand, a senior US official told reporters today at the White House that US President Donald Trump will make a statement tomorrow regarding the withdrawal of US forces from Iraq. And furthermore, there will be another announcement on Afghanistan in the coming days.
According US media outlets the second statement is also related to the reduction of the US military presence in Afghanistan.
The Wall Street Journal reported in late August, citing government sources, which the United States plans to reduce the number of troops in Iraq to 3.5 thousand soldiers in the coming months.
There are currently about 5.2 thousand US troops in Iraq.
The American forces in Iraq have been carrying out various tasks since 2003, while the US forces launched a missile attack on the night of January 3, near Baghdad airport, in which the commander of the Quds Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Major General Qassem Soleimani, was killed.
In response, Tehran launched a missile attack on the night of January 8 on two sites in Iraq used by the US military, namely the Ain al-Assad base and Erbil airport.
The actions of the Americans, who launched attacks on armed Shiite groups in Iraq since December 29, 2019, have sparked scathing criticism from the Iraqi authorities.
On January 5, 2020, the Iraqi parliament issued a resolution calling for the complete withdrawal of all foreign forces from the country.
In a joint statement issued by the American and Iraqi authorities last June, after talks within the framework of a strategic dialogue that began between the two sides, Washington will continue to reduce its military presence in Iraq in the coming months, and it will discuss with Baghdad the status of the remaining American soldiers in the country.
The Commander of the US Central Command, General Kenneth McKinsey, confirmed that the United States will reduce this month its military presence in Iraq to 3,000 soldiers, in the first step of its kind since 2016.
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