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Mexico president again tells Trump his country will 'never' pay for wall

Mexico President Enrique Pena Nieto has hit back at the US president's claim that his country would end up paying for the border wall.

President Donald Trump meets with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto at the G20 Summit, Friday, July 7, 2017
President Donald Trump meets with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto at the G20 Summit, Friday, July 7, 2017 Source: AAP

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto on Tuesday repeated that his country would "never" pay for the border wall that his US counterpart Donald Trump wants built to stop illegal immigrants crossing into the United States.

"President @realDonaldTrump: NO. Mexico will NEVER pay for a wall. Not now, not ever. Sincerely, Mexico," Pena Nieto said on Twitter.

Earlier on Tuesday, Trump criticised Mexico for not helping to stop the flow of illegal immigrants into the United States, and repeated his election campaign promise that Mexico would pay for his planned wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

“In the end, Mexico is going to pay for the wall,” Trump told supporters in a campaign-style rally in Nashville, Tennessee.

“They do absolutely nothing to stop people from going through Mexico, from Honduras and all these other countries ... They do nothing to help us.”


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