By Charlotte Van Campenhout and Ammu Kannampilly

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -U.S.-funded contraceptives and medicines valued at nearly $10 million, which Reuters reported are to be sent to France for incineration, remain stuck in a Belgian warehouse, with the local government saying it has not a received a request needed for their destruction.

Reuters in July quoted sources as saying the contraceptives would be burned after Washington rejected offers from the United Nations and family planning organisations to buy or ship the supplies to poor nations. A U.S. State Department spokesperson later confirmed a decision had been taken to destroy them.

The stock remains in a warehouse in Geel in the province of Antwerp, said a spokesperson for Flemish Environment Minister Jo Brouns, who is responsible

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