Mexico reiterates they will not pay for Trump’s wall, “under any circumstances”

By The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has taken to Twitter to press the need for his promised southern border wall, tweeting that Mexico will pay for it “through reimbursement/other.”

With Mexico being one of the highest crime Nations in the world, we must have THE WALL. Mexico will pay for it through reimbursement/other.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 27, 2017

Mexico’s foreign relations ministry responded to Trump’s comments Sunday by reiterating that Mexico will never pay for a border wall and that it will not renegotiate NAFTA via social media or the press.

The statement said:

As the Mexican government has always stated, our country will not pay, under any circumstances, for a wall or physical barrier built on US territory along the Mexican border. This statement is not part of a Mexican negotiating strategy, but rather a principle of national sovereignty and dignity.

In the statement, the ministry also emphasized that the violence generated by drug trafficking is…