Manama, Safar 04, 1439, October 24, 2017, SPA -- The Kingdom of Bahrain and United Nations agencies have signed the Strategic Partnership Framework Agreement. The agreement was signed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bahrain, Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, the United Nations Resident in the Kingdom of Bahrain Amin El Sharkawi and representatives of 16 UN Resident and Regional Agencies. The Bahraini Minister of Foreign Affairs delivered a speech in which he stressed that the Strategic Partnership Framework is a new important step in the framework of the ongoing and growing cooperation between the Kingdom of Bahrain and the United Nations in all fields and at all levels. --SPA 23:22 LOCAL TIME 20:22 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w520083