Donald Trump comments hurt US-Mexico relations: Mexico President Nieto

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto says he thinks comments by Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump hurt US-Mexico relations.

Trump has pledged to build a wall along the two countries' borders. He has also said Mexican immigrants bring crime and drugs to the US and are "rapists." Pena Nieto said in an interview with the newspaper El Universal published today that he condemns Trump's comments.

In his words, "It appears to me that (Trump's comments) hurt the relationship we have sought with the United States." But the Mexican president says his country will try to work with whoever is elected president of the United States.

Pena Nieto until now has avoided direct comments on Trump, and said he would be "absolutely respectful" of the US political process.