Trump-Nieto Meeting 'Stands for Now' Despite US President's Order to Build Wall

The meeting with US President Donald Trump remains on the agenda of Mexican leader Enrique Pena Nieto despite Trump's order to launch the construction of the wall on the border between the two states, Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray said Thursday.

XICO CITY (Sputnik) — Top Mexican politicians and former officials largely regarded Trump’s announcement as an insult to the Mexican government and urged president Nieto to reconsider his travel plans to the United States.

"I want to clarify that the meeting between the two leaders in Washington scheduled for next Tuesday stands for now," the official told Televisa broadcaster.

On Wednesday, Trump signed an executive orders on constructing a wall on the US-Mexico border. The US leader said in a press conference that the wall would stop criminals from pouring into the United States and would disrupt drug cartels. Safe borders and economic cooperation, Trump added, would enhance US-Mexican relations to a degree not seen before.

Nieto is scheduled to hold a meeting with Trump in Washington on January 31.

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