The Latest: Romania seeks to encourage British leader

BRUSSELS (AP) — The Latest on Brexit (all times local):
11:45 a.m.
Romania’s president has struck an optimistic note about the Brexit deal as his country prepares to take over the rotating presidency of the European Union for the first time.
Despite fierce opposition to the deal in the British Parliament, President Klaus Iohannis said Friday he expected “a positive vote from the British Parliament, not a summit.”
Iohannis said he’d meet British Prime Minister Theres