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Donald Trump has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to ease nuclear tensions with North Korea.

The US President was put forward for the award by an 18-strong group of House Republicans in a letter sent to members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee on Wednesday.

It comes after South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Mr Trump would be a worthy winner of the prize for his attempt to end Kim Jong-Un’s nuclear programme.

The letter said that North Korea has long ignored international demands to cease its aggressions, but that Mr Trump's "peace through strength policies are working".

It said the Trump administration united China and others in imposing strict sanctions. "The sanctions have decimated the North Korean economy and have been largely credited for bringing North Korea to the negotiating table," the nomination letter stated.

Moon and North Korean leader Kim last week pledged to end hostilities between their countries and work towards the “complete denuclearisation” of the peninsula.

US President Mr Trump is preparing for his own summit with Kim, following the recent Korea peace summit, which he said could take place in the next three to four weeks.

“President Trump should win the Nobel Peace Prize. What we need is only peace,” Moon told a meeting of senior secretaries, according to a presidential Blue House official who briefed media.

The South Korean president’s comments came after a rally of Trump supporters demanded he be awarded the peace prize for his role in the recent Korean reconciliation talks.

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The US President, addressing a crowd of supporters in Michigan last week, was describing recent developments on the Korean Peninsula when fans spontaneously started chanting: "Nobel!"

Mr Trump said: "A lot of good things are happening there, lots of good things...I'm not going to give you what's actually going to happen, because we don't really know.

"But I'll tell you one thing: We're not playing games and...it was very rough three or four months ago..."

Audience members then began chanting the word "Nobel", to which the President responded: "That's very nice thank you...'Nobel'...I just want to get the job done."

He continued: "So we are going to have hopefully a very successful negotiation over the next three or four weeks.

"And...err...we'll be doing the world a big favour. We'll be doing the world a big favour. Let's see how it goes, I think we'll do fine."