Trump nominated

TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister

Shinzo Abe nominated US President Donald Trump for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize last year after getting a request from Washington, Japanese media said yesterday.

The report comes after Trump claimed at a White House press conference on Friday that Abe had put forward his name for the prestigious award for easing tensions with North Korea. The US leader said that Abe gave him “the most beautiful copy of a letter he sent to the people who give out a thing called the Nobel prize,” adding that he would “probably never get it, but that’s okay”.