Pakistan on Sunday condemned U.S. strikes against Iran, one day after Islamabad announced it had nominated President Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize for his mediation of a ceasefire between Pakistan and India last month.
Pakistan said the U.S. attacks violated norms of international law and voiced support for Iran’s right to retaliate in self-defense.
“Pakistan condemns the US attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities which follow the series of attacks by Israel. We are gravely concerned at the possible further escalation of tensions in the region,” the Pakistani Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
“The unprecedented escalation of tension and violence, owing to ongoing aggression against Iran is deeply disturbing. Any further escalation of tensions will have severely damaging implications for the region and beyond.”
Pakistan on Saturday announced it was nominating Trump for a Nobel prize for the president’s “decisive diplomatic intervention and pivotal leadership during the recent India-Pakistan crisis.”
The government praised Trump for “pragmatic diplomacy and effective peace-building” and added that Islamabad was hopeful the president would also resolve ongoing crises in the Middle East, including humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip and “the deteriorating escalation involving Iran.”
Trump has lamented not getting a Nobel prize during his first term. On June 20, he posted a long missive on Truth Social listing different diplomatic actions from his first term and some from his second term that he “won’t get a Nobel Peace Prize for doing.”
“No, I won’t get a Nobel Peace Prize no matter what I do, including Russia/Ukraine, and Israel/Iran, whatever those outcomes may be, but the people know, and that’s all that matters to me!” he wrote.