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RIYADH, April 01, 2006 (AFP) Saudi Arabia denied on Friday a German press report that it was working on a secret nuclear program with the help of Pakistani experts.

The report "is totally unfounded," a defense ministry spokesman told the state SPA news agency, recalling that the kingdom "advocates imposing nuclear non-proliferation in the (Middle East) region."

Pakistan had on Wednesday similarly rejected as "fabricated" the German report, saying it was "motivated by vicious intentions."

Citing Western security sources, German magazine Cicero said in its latest edition that during the hajj pilgrimages to Mecca in 2003 through 2005, Pakistani scientists posed as pilgrims to come to Saudi Arabia in aircraft sponsored by the kingdom.

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