Ted Kennedy Jr pays a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the latter's Ganobhaban residence on Sunday. Kennedy Jr, nephew of late US President John F Kennedy, and his family members are now in Bangladesh to attend the celebration of 50 years of Bangladesh-US diplomatic relations arranged by the US embassy in Dhaka — Focus Bangla Ted Kennedy Jr. and his family members paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday, reports UNB.
They met the premier at her official residence Ganabhaban in the morning, according to PM's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim.
Kennedy Jr., son of the late US Senator Edward M. Kennedy and nephew of the late US President John F. Kennedy, and his family members is in Bangladesh to attend the celebration of 50 years of Bangladesh-US diplomatic relations arranged by the US embassy here in Dhaka.
Ihsanul said the prime minister welcomed the members of the Kennedy family, saying that this visit is very significant during the golden jubilee celebration of Bangladesh-US diplomatic relations.
She expressed gratitude to the family members for Edward M. Kennedy's outstanding contribution to the Liberation War of Bangladesh.
Sheikh Hasina also recalled the visit of Edward M. Kennedy who was a staunch advocate for Bangladesh's fight for independence, to Bangladesh in February, 1972.
Remembering late Edward Kennedy as a true friend of Bangladesh, the PM said he had also visited the refugee camps in India at that time.
She said the late US senator on 11th of December 1971 took a bold stance against the genocide committed against freedom-loving Bengalis by the Pakistan military in 1971.
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