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US President, Donald Trump seems to think that he was overlooked for last year's Nobel peace prize.

"I'll tell you about the Nobel peace prize, I'll tell you About That . I made a deal, I saved a country and I just heard that The Head of the country now gets the Nobel peace prize for the salvation of the country. I said: "What I have to do something?' Yes, but, you know, that's how it is. As long as we know, that's All That matters. I saved a great war, I've saved a few of them. "

A video-clip, told in the conversation with supporters at a campaign event in Toledo, Ohio, on Thursday evening on Twitter:

Although he is not the name of the Nobel peace prize winner, or in the country, it is clear that Mr Trump called, the Ethiopian Prime Minister , Abiy Ahmed .

Mr Abiy, 43, is Africa's youngest head of Government .

He came to the office, forced, in April of 2018, after months of protests against the Government , its predecessor, the payout request.

Mr Abiy massive liberalization reforms in Ethiopia, the shaking has introduced, what was a strictly controlled nation.

He return of thousands of opposition activists freed released from prison and allowed to return to the exiled dissidents to Return Home . He has also allowed the media to operate freely, and appointed women to leading positions.

And in October last year, he was awarded the Nobel peace prize - the only head of state to win The Prize since Mr. Trump was elected in the year 2016.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee said Mr Abiy was honored for his "decisive initiative for the solution of The Border conflict with neighbouring Eritrea".

The Two Countries fought a bitter Border War from 1998-2000 that killed tens of thousands of people. Although a ceasefire was signed in the year 2000, the neighbors have remained technically At War Until July 2018, when Mr Abiy and the Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki signed a peace Treaty. So after two decades, The Border was closed, divides a family, and trade is impossible.

The Nobel Committee said that she hoped that The Peace would contribute to a positive change for the citizens of Ethiopia and Eritrea.

Since The Peace agreement with Eritrea, Mr Abiy processes, the said of The Peace in other African countries, The Committee .

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Not really - the US-American influence in the negotiations was minimal. The United Arab Emirates, that will help a lot of influence in The Horn of Africa, was the key to the reunification of the two parties, says the BBC's former Ethiopia correspondent Emmanuel Igunza.

Saudi Arabia has also played a Central role in the end of the dispute.

The Peace Treaty helped to be imposed on Eritrea were, from the cold, according to the sanctions in 2009.

The UN security Council lifted the sanctions in November 2018, four months after The Peace Treaty was signed.

This is clear, since for the Nobel peace prize was on 11 October last year, and Mr. Abiy its gave acceptance speech in Oslo, Norway, on 10. December.

Interestingly, Mr. Trump has not officially congratulated Mr Abiy, but his daughter, Ivanka Trump , who as a senior Advisor, and the US Secretary of state Mike Pompeo is done.

But, as Mr Trump has publicly stated that he deserves the Nobel peace prize for his efforts to convince North Korea 's leader Kim Jong-un, nuclear weapons give up.

Source of news: bbc.com