Bulgarian diplomat Nickolay Mladenov will head Gaza peace board, Netanyahu says

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Bulgarian diplomat Nickolay Mladenov will head Gaza peace board, Netanyahu says  Mladenov is a former Bulgarian defence and foreign minister who served as the UN envoy to Iraq before being appointed as the UN Middle East peace envoy from 2015-2020.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2026/01/08/bulgarian-diplomat-nickolay-mladenov-will-head-gaza-peace-board-netanyahu-says  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Israel's Prime Minister has announced that former UN Middle East envoy Nikolai Mladenov

00:05will serve as Director General of U.S. President Donald Trump's new Board of Peace.

00:10Benjamin Netanyahu made the announcement after meeting Mladenov in Jerusalem,

00:15calling it a major step in advancing Trump's Middle East peace plan.

00:19The board will oversee the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire,

00:22including Hamas disarmament, Israeli troop pullbacks, and reconstruction efforts.

00:27A senior U.S. official confirmed Mladenov's appointment, though Washington has yet to make it formal.

00:34Mladenov, a former Bulgarian foreign and defense minister, helped mediate between Israel and Hamas from 2015 to 2020.

00:42The ceasefire, launched on 10th of October, has largely held despite ongoing Israeli strikes that have killed more than 400 Palestinians.

00:51EU foreign policy chief Kayakallas called the humanitarian situation in Gaza extremely severe,

01:00urging international action to stabilize the region.

01:03If this is a real threat...

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