‘We’ll not pay for the wall’

MEXICO CITY. — Mexico’s leader Enrique Pena Nieto has condemned US President Donald Trump’s move to build a border wall and insisted that his country has no intention of paying for it.“I regret and condemn the decision of the United States to continue construction of a wall that, for years, has divided us instead of uniting us,” President Pena Nieto said in a brief televised message on Wednesday.

“Mexico does not believe in walls. I have said it time and again: Mexico will not pay for any wall,” he said, referring to Trump’s vow to make his southern neighbour pay for the barrier.

Trump’s plan has also been roundly condemned by other Latin American leaders .

“Mexico gives and demands respect as the completely sovereign nation that we are,” Pena Nieto, who is due to meet Trump at the White House next week, said. — Al Jazeera/News agencies