“Our partners in Washington wanted someone that will be able to walk with all sides, and that's why they picked him,” said Israeli U.N. Ambassador Danny Danon of Mladenov’s appointment to the Gaza Board of Peace
While U.S. President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace has gained the approval of the United Nations Security Council, Israeli officials have often said that when it comes to the Middle East peace process, the United Nations offers little in the way of peace or a process to get there.
But former U.N. envoy Nickolay Mladenov is, by all accounts, an exception to the rule. The former Bulgarian politician and diplomat was selected as Board of Peace’s high representative for Gaza, overseeing a transitional government, security apparatus and reconstruction in the Strip.
“Nickolay is very experienced. He knows the players on the ground,” Danny Danon, Israel’s U.N. ambassador, told JNS.
