The European Union (EU)-Canada summit will take place on Sunday, European Council President Donald Tusk tweeted late Friday.
"Mission accomplished! Just agreed with (Canadian) PM Justin Trudeau to hold EU-Canada Summit this Sunday," Tusk said.
The remarks shortly came after all Belgian regional parliaments voted in favor of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, or CETA, on Friday.
Belgium's French-speaking region of Wallonia, with a population of 3.5 million, has been the biggest obstacle of CETA signing as Belgium's backing asked for unanimity from all regional parliaments under the country's complex federal legislative rule.
Meanwhile, the EU, a bloc with 500 million people, can only sign the deal with consent of all member states.
Wallonia's lawmakers, who previously concerned that the deal would jeopardize European farmers' interest and grant too much power to multinationals, overturned the opposition after Belgian politicians agreed to add an addendum to the deal on Thursday.
Under the addendum, the Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) of the deal, which would allow enterprises to sue European governments, would be determined by the European Court of Justice whether compatible with European treaties.
Meanwhile, CETA would be assessed regularly in regard of its social, economic and environmental impacts.
Wallonia's former resistance led to the cancellation of Trudeau's scheduled visit to Brussels on Thursday, during which the EU and Canada were expected to sign the deal after seven years of negotiations.
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