Romania will continue negotiations with Canada for visa liberalization regardless of the result of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) negotiations, said, on Friday, President Klaus Iohannis, after the Canadian Minister of Commerce, Chrystia Freeland, has confirmed the failure of negotiations carried out with the representatives of the Belgian region of Wallonia.
He also showed that Wallonia still has reserves regarding CETA, and the European Council has not reached an agreement with this region.
The head of state also declared himself optimistic regarding the conclusion of CETA.
The European Commission has not renounced the signing of the free trade agreement with Canada (CETA), despite the failure of the last negotiations carried out on Friday with the French-speaking Belgian region of Wallonia, which blocked the signing of the agreement, sources say.
Romania and Bulgaria removed their objections with regards to the agreement, following negotiations that resulted in an agreement with the Canadian side on the topic of visa liberalization, and as such, all government in the EU have expressed approval for the signing of the treaty, except Belgium, which requires agreement from all its five federal provinces before expressing approval.
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