Two Norwegian lawmakers, Christian Tybring-Gjedde and Per-Willy Amundsen, with the populist Progress Party nominated President Trump for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize on Wednesday.
The lawmakers told Norwegian news agency NTB that Trump “had taken a huge and important step in the direction of the disarmament, peace, and reconciliation between North and South Korea,” the Associated Press reported.
The nomination comes after Trump met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore on Tuesday to discuss denuclearization of the Korean peninsula and the future of North Korea.
A group of U.S. lawmakers nominated Trump for the prize earlier this year.
The deadline for nomination for the 2018 prize passed in January, and Fortune notes that it is unclear whether or not Trump was nominated for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. The committee is required to keep information of those who were nominated a secret for 50 years.
The 2018 list of 330 current candidates is the second highest number of candidates ever and includes 216 individuals and 114 organizations.
Norway is the country where the process of considering candidates and awarding the Nobel Peace Prize is done.
Former President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize for “extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.”
