(WASHINGTON, DC) – In response to inquiries from Western media that motorcades contributed to the ‎trampling of the pilgrims, 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.” ‎