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Paying for wall is unacceptable: Mexican foreign secretary

Washington, Jan 27
Mexican Secretary of Foreign Affairs Luis Videgaray has said paying for the wall US President Donald Trump wants to build on the border cannot be accepted by his country.

"There are issues that are (unacceptable) for dignity, which have nothing to do with exports or the economy, but with the heart and pride of the Mexicans," Videgaray said at a press conference at the Mexican Embassy in Washington on Thursday, Efe news reported.

"Just as we offer respect, we Mexicans must respect ourselves, our history and national symbols," Videgaray added.


Trump wants 20% border tax on imports from Mexico

US President Donald Trump wants a 20 per cent border tax on all imports from Mexico, White House spokesman Sean Spicer has said.


Spicer on Thursday said Trump wanted to use the new tax to fund the proposing wall between the US and Mexico, Xinhua news agency reported.

Spicer said this hours after Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto cancelled the work meeting with President Trump scheduled for next Tuesday in Washington.

Spicer didn't release any detail about how the new tax will work.

Building a wall at the US southern border with Mexico to be paid by Mexico was one of Trump's key election campaign pledges. Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday to build "a large physical barrier" between the two countries.

Trump reiterated on Wednesday during an interview that the wall project will start as soon as possible and financed by Washington, but Mexico will "100 per cent" reimburse the US at "a later date," which has been rejected by Mexican government several times.