US President Joe Biden announced Friday his intent to nominate Karen Sasahara as “Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary” to Kuwait.

The White House said in a statement that Sasahara is a “career member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of Minister-Counselor” and has “most recently served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for North Africa.” The statement added that Sasahara is “the recipient of numerous State Department performance awards, including five Senior Foreign Service Performance Awards.” It indicated that she speaks Arabic, Spanish, French and Russian.

Source: Kuwait News Agency