Former Bulgarian FM Appointed UN Envoy to Iraq

Politics » DIPLOMACY | August 3, 2013, Saturday // 14:53
Bulgaria: Former Bulgarian FM Appointed UN Envoy to Iraq Former Bulgarian top diplomat Nikolay Mladenov. Photo by BGNES

Former Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikolay Mladenov has been appointed by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon as the organization's special envoy to Iraq.

This has been revealed by Ban's spokesman Martin Nesirky.

Mladenov takes over the UN mission in Iraq from Germany's Martin Kobler.

The Bulgarian comes in in a situation of lasting instability within Iraq fuelled by interfighting religious and ethnic groups, and intensified by the civil war in neighboring Syria.

Nikolay Mladenov served as Bulgaria's Minister of Foreign Affairs in the 2009-13 cabinet of former Bulgarian PM Boyko Borisov, initially serving for some months as Minister of Defense, before taking over Bulgaria's diplomatic service.

We need your support so Novinite.com can keep delivering news and information about Bulgaria! Thank you!

Diplomacy » Be a reporter: Write and send your article
Tags: UN, Iraq, Nikolay Mladenov, Ban Ki-moon, Boyko Borisov, Syria, Germany

Advertisement
Advertisement
Bulgaria news Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency - www.sofianewsagency.com) is unique with being a real time news provider in English that informs its readers about the latest Bulgarian news. The editorial staff also publishes a daily online newspaper "Sofia Morning News." Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency - www.sofianewsagency.com) and Sofia Morning News publish the latest economic, political and cultural news that take place in Bulgaria. Foreign media analysis on Bulgaria and World News in Brief are also part of the web site and the online newspaper. News Bulgaria