Cambodia will nominate U.S. President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, its deputy prime minister said on Friday, following his direct intervention in halting the Southeast Asian country's recent border conflict with Thailand.

The US set a 19% levy on imports from Thailand and Cambodia, lower than the 36% they originally faced, after President Donald Trump threatened to block trade deals with them unless they ended a deadly border clash.

Cambodia plans to nominate U.S. President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize after his intervention helped resolve a border conflict with Thailand. This follows a truce brokered last week that ended intense clashes,