প্রকাশ: 01/11/2022
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today conferred "Friends
of Liberation War Honour" on US Senator Edward M Kennedy Sr for his great
contribution to Bangladesh's Liberation War.
"Today I am highly delighted to hand over the
"Friends of Liberation War Honour" conferred posthumously on Edward M
Kennedy Sr to his able son Edward M Ted Kennedy Jr," she told a dinner
hosted in honour of Ted Kennedy Jr and his family members at a city hotel this
evening.
The premier said, "I recall with gratitude the great
contributions of late senator Edward M Kennedy Sr to our Liberation War".
She added Kennedy Sr took bold stand against the genocide
committed by Pakistan on innocent Bangalees despite the US government role
against Bangladesh.
The premier said Kennedy Sr also criticized the US policy to supply arms to Pakistan and boldly called to stop American military and economic aid to Pakistan till end of the war.
She also said Kennedy Sr visited the refugee camp of
Bangladesh in India's West Bengal in August 1971.
Earlier on Sunday morning, Kennedy Jr, his spouse Katherine
Kennedy, daughter Kiley Kennedy and son Teddy Kennedy paid a courtesy call on
the prime minister at her official Ganabhan residence here.
During the meeting, she recalled the visit of Kennedy Sr to
Bangladesh in February, 1972 and said that he also raised his voice and drummed
up public opinions in the USA in support to Bangladesh's Liberation War.
Ted Kennedy Jr, a former member of Connecticut State Senate,
is now on seven-day visit to Bangladesh from October 29-November 5 to join the
yearlong celebration of the 50th anniversary of US-Bangladesh relations.
- BSS
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