WASHINGTON (AP) --Republican Donald Trump is calling his surprise visit to Mexico City Wednesday a `great honor.' And he says the nations share a common interest in keeping the hemisphere safe and prosperous.
The Republican presidential nominee said after meeting with President Enrique Peña Nieto that the pair had a substantive, direct and constructive exchange of ideas at the president's official residence in Mexico City.
Trump says he and Pena Nieto discussed his call for border wall, but did not talk about his insistence Mexico pay for it.
While Peña Nieto says the countries have shared challenges, he says that there exists "an incomplete vision of the border issues," with weapons and cash flowing south from the U.S. and fueling violence.
He's also stressing U.S. exports to Mexico and the number of jobs reliant on the countries' trade relationship.
He says the Mexican people are people of "good will" who "deserve everybody's respect."