Shaufa Saeed, a Maldivian who works in the American Embassy in Sri Lanka has won the award for Foreign Service National of the year awarded by the South and Central Asian Affairs.
Congratulations to Shaufa Saeed, SCA's Foreign Service National of the Year! Her outstanding reporting and language skills strengthened the US-#Maldives relationship. We are glad to recognize her efforts with this award and are lucky to have her on the team. @USEmbSL pic.twitter.com/MC5hyG7Plg
— State_SCA (@State_SCA) January 10, 2020
A tweet by the Bureau announcing that she had won the award commended her excellent reporting and language skills which in turn strengthened the relationship between the Maldives and the USA.