Saudi Arabia today denied that motorcades contributed to the trampling of the pilgrims in Mina yesterday. In response to inquiries from Western media, Ambassador Osama Ahmed Nugali, manager of the Media Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, cited the statement by Maj. Gen. Mansour Al-Turki, spokesman for the Ministry of Interior, that “motorcades of guests of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and other dignitaries do not pass through the area in question and that these reports are unfounded.”