Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said that late US Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy was Bangladesh’s voice abroad during the Liberation War, even as the then-administration in Washington was supporting the Pakistani military government to perpetrate a genocide in the then East Pakistan. “Your father stood against this. He was the largest voice. He became a friend of Bangladesh. We have a lot of respect for him. We are very much thankful to him,” said Momen, while welcoming the late Kennedy's son, Ted Jr, and his family members at the Foreign Service Academy for a reception on Tuesday. Ted Kennedy, Jr., and his family members joined a dinner hosted by foreign minister Momen and Selina Momen in honour of the visiting members of the Kennedy family at the Foreign Service Academy. Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Imran Ahmad, LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Md Tazul Islam, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam, Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen, US Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter D Haas, editors, among others, joined the dinner. Sharing his experiences working with Senator Kennedy, the foreign minister said he learned two things from him.  “He (the late Kennedy) always said democracy is never perfect and it is an evolving process. I really liked that,” Momen recalled.  Yet democracy is the best form of governance till today, Momen said, quoting late US Senator Kennedy.  The foreign minister said another thing he learned from Kennedy was to help and work for the deprived people of the world. “These two things I keep in my heart.” Read more: Ted Kennedy Jr. meets PM Hasina along with his family