Ottawa, Feb. 14 -- Dinesh Patnaik, Indian High Commissioner to Canada on Friday expressed optimism as the negotiations for the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement are underway and said that the negotiations would start by late February to early March. He made the remarks in an interview to Canada's Financial Post.

Noting that the negotiations for the trade talks between India and Canada were launched at the sidelines of the G20 Meeting in Johannesburg, High Commissioner Patnaik said that the two countries are working on the terms of reference.

"The deal would should be not difficult at all. Both the Prime Ministers at the G20 in Johannesburg decided to launch negotiations towards a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement. ...