Mexico president to meet Trump

Donald Trump has accepted an invitation to meet Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto almost immediately.

US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. Source: AAP

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto will meet US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump for a private meeting, Pena Nieto's office said via Twitte.

The Mexican presidency said the government had sent an invitation to both Trump and Democratic hopeful Hillary Clinton for talks and that Trump's team had accepted.

A spokesman for the Mexican presidency said the meeting would be in Mexico and that details of the encounter were still being worked out.