<div align="justify">US President Donald Trump said today he still wants Mexico to pay for a planned border wall, as he met his Mexican counterpart for the first time as head of state.<br /><br />Asked at the meeting with Enrique Pena Nieto on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, if he still wanted Mexico to pay for the wall, Trump said: "Absolutely".<br /><br />Before that, both presidents delivered statements with Trump hailing the "successful day" so far.<br /><br />"We're negotiating NAFTA (the North American Free Trade Agreement) and some other things with Mexico and we'll see how it all turns out, but I think we've made very good progress," Trump said.<br /><br />Pena Nieto, through a translator, said that the meeting will help the two countries continue a "flowing dialogue", in particular "for the security of both nations, especially for our borders."<br /><br />The Mexican president noted that "migration" is an issue that has "occupied" both administrations. He added that it was a "co-responsibility to deal with organised crime issues."<br /><br />Building a wall between Mexico and the United States to stop illegal immigration -- and Mexico paying for it -- was one of Trump's key campaign pledges in last year's election.<br /><br />In January, Pena Nieto cancelled a trip to Washington in response to Trump's insistence on the issue, plunging the countries' relations into their biggest crisis in decades.<br /><br />The two leaders have since spoken by phone, and a series of high-level meetings have eased the tension.<br /><br />Trump first met Pena Nieto in August 2016 when he was still a presidential candidate. That visit turned into a public relations nightmare for Pena Nieto, who was lambasted for welcoming the brash Republican billionaire despite his insults and threats.</div>
<div align="justify">US President Donald Trump said today he still wants Mexico to pay for a planned border wall, as he met his Mexican counterpart for the first time as head of state.<br /><br />Asked at the meeting with Enrique Pena Nieto on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, if he still wanted Mexico to pay for the wall, Trump said: "Absolutely".<br /><br />Before that, both presidents delivered statements with Trump hailing the "successful day" so far.<br /><br />"We're negotiating NAFTA (the North American Free Trade Agreement) and some other things with Mexico and we'll see how it all turns out, but I think we've made very good progress," Trump said.<br /><br />Pena Nieto, through a translator, said that the meeting will help the two countries continue a "flowing dialogue", in particular "for the security of both nations, especially for our borders."<br /><br />The Mexican president noted that "migration" is an issue that has "occupied" both administrations. He added that it was a "co-responsibility to deal with organised crime issues."<br /><br />Building a wall between Mexico and the United States to stop illegal immigration -- and Mexico paying for it -- was one of Trump's key campaign pledges in last year's election.<br /><br />In January, Pena Nieto cancelled a trip to Washington in response to Trump's insistence on the issue, plunging the countries' relations into their biggest crisis in decades.<br /><br />The two leaders have since spoken by phone, and a series of high-level meetings have eased the tension.<br /><br />Trump first met Pena Nieto in August 2016 when he was still a presidential candidate. That visit turned into a public relations nightmare for Pena Nieto, who was lambasted for welcoming the brash Republican billionaire despite his insults and threats.</div>