New Delhi, Delhi, India
After South Korea Presiden Moon Jae-Un said that US President Donald Trump should be nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize, Britan's Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has also suggested that Trump be given the honor if he "fixes" North Korea and the Iran nuclear deal, reports said.
Johnson also said that Trump is as a deserving candidate as for the prize as Barack Obama "who got it before he even did anything," reports quoted him as saying.
Obama had won the prestigious award in 2009, less than a year after entering office.
Johnson's remarks came during his trip to Washington DC where he plans to convince Trump to renew the Iran nuclear deal of 2015. Johnson told Trump that Iran will "go for a bomb" if the deal is scrapped.
On Monday, Trump announced on Twitter that he would make a decision on Tuesday. “I will be announcing my decision on the Iran Deal tomorrow from the White House at 2.00pm,” he wrote.
Johnson said that, if he backs the Iran deal, Trump has as much chance of winning the award as Barack Obama.
Johnson is set to meet the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo but has no meetings with Trump this week.
Earlier, South Korean President Moon Jae-Un said: "President Trump should win the Nobel Peace Prize. What we need is only peace," Moon told a cabinet meeting, according to a presidential Blue House official who briefed media.
Trump has tamped down expectations from the North Korea talks over its nuclear weapon programme but has claimed credit for making it possible.
Calls have followed for the Nobel Peace Prize for Trump, Kim and South Korea’s Moon Jae-in. According to a leading London bookie, the Korea reconciliation initiative is currently the favorite for the prize in 2018, with Kim and Moon front-ending it. Trump is the next favorite.
Also, loyal supporters of Donald Trump in House of Representatives have nominated the US President's name for Nobel Peace Prize.
The members from House of Representatives have sent a letter to the Norwegian Nobel Committee for their proposal.
The nomination was headed by Indiana's Rep. Luke Messer, who is locked in a fierce GOP primary battle in the Hoosier State for a Senate seat. Besides Messer, other members endorsing the proposal are Freedom Caucus leader Rep. Mark Meadows of North Carolina and Rep. Steve King of Iowa.