Belgium asks US not to destroy millions in contraceptives bound for Africa

An aerial image shows a warehouse in Geel, Belgium, that has been used to store US-funded women's contraceptive products intended for some of the world's poorest countries [File: Kate Gillam/AFP]

Belgium has called on the administration of United States President Donald Trump to abandon a plan to destroy a massive stockpile of contraceptives for women as part of its rollback on foreign aid.

In an interview on Friday, Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot said the stockpile was mostly bound for sub-Saharan Africa.