Canada seeks to boost foreign aid for food security - minister

FILE PHOTO: Canadian Minister of International Development Harjit Sajjan gives a statement during a conference on the global food crisis in Berlin, Germany June 24, 2022. John MacDougall/Pool via REUTERS

AMMAN (Reuters) - An international food crisis exacerbated by the Ukraine war has spurred Canada to boost an over $6 billion annual foreign aid budget to help the most hard-hit countries in Africa and the Middle East, Canada's aid minister said on Thursday.

"The Ukraine crisis is creating shock waves when it comes to supply chain and especially food security and impacting the most vulnerable at the most difficult time," said Harjit Sajjan, Canadian Minister of International Development.