India, Aug. 9 -- US President Donald Trump's bid for the Nobel Peace Prize received another boost on Friday when Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev suggested sending a joint nomination alongside Armenia.

This came after the Caucus rivals signed an accord at the White House in Trump's presence, aimed at ending decades of conflict.

"So maybe we agree with Prime Minister (Nikol) Pashinyan to send a joint appeal to the Nobel committee to award President Trump with the Nobel Peace Prize," Aliyev said at the White House event.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan also backed the proposal, saying that Trump deserved the Nobel Peace Prize.

"I think President Trump deserves to have the Nobel Peace Prize and we will defend that, and we will...