Palestinian Authority Vice President Hussein al-Sheikh met Friday with former UN Middle East envoy Nickolay Mladenov, who is expected to serve as a top official for the supervisory US‑backed Board of Peace in Gaza.

The meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah came a day after Mladenov held talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and met with President Isaac Herzog.

Mladenov, a Bulgarian diplomat, served as the United Nations envoy for the Middle East peace process from early 2015 until the end of 2020. During that time, he frequently worked to ease tensions and broker ceasefires between Israel and Hamas.

Mladenov is expected to serve as the representative on the ground in Gaza for the Board of Peace — a transitional body for the war-torn territory.

In a statement on X, Sheikh said that during his meeting with Mladenov, “an in-depth discussion took place on all political and field developments in the Palestinian territories.”

He added that there was “a focus on the situation in the Gaza Strip, means of transitioning to the second phase [of the Gaza ceasefire], mechanisms for implementing… Trump’s plan, and UN Security Council Resolution........

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