Kerry Kennedy visits Edward M Kennedy Center in city

Kerry Kennedy, President of the US-based Robert F Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights, Sunday visited Edward M Kennedy Center for Public Services and the Art in the city, according to a news agency.
US Ambassador in Dhaka Dan W Mozena, Deputy Chief of Mission Jon Danilowicz, former State Minister for Foreign Affairs Abul Hasan Chowdhury, Akku Chowdhury and Lamiya Morshed were, among others, present.
Speaking at the function, Mozena said Senator Kennedy, Kerry’s uncle, never lost his focus, and he knew America’s rightful place was with the people of Bangladesh.
He touched upon the Senator’s courage in standing up against the policies of the government to do the right thing.
Edward M Kennedy addressed before 8,000 jubilant students at Dhaka University, where the killing rampage had begun on March 25, 1971, in his historic visit to the then war-torn Bangladesh on February 14, 1972.
“He (Kennedy) was among the first international visitors to visit Bangladesh on 14th February, 1972…he said this is a country that we must recognize,” Kerry Kennedy said.
She expressed her happiness being able to come to Bangladesh and said she is looking forward to going back home where she will share her Dhaka visit experience.