BRATISLAVA, May 10 (Xinhua) -- U.S. decision to pull out of the Iran nuclear deal and reimpose sanctions on Iran was set to damage Slovak companies, a Slovak opposition lawmaker said on Thursday.
Slovak companies have signed deals worth about 100 million euros (118 million U.S. dollars) with Iran, according to Veronika Remisova, member of parliament from OLaNO party.
"It's likely that they'll be forced to cut their business contacts with Iran due to sanctions, or their business will become extremely complicated," warned Remisova.
Another opposition party Freedom and Solidarity echoed the Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Ministry's regret about the U.S. decision to abandon the Iran nuclear deal.
"Economic sanctions will provoke Iran to renew the development of a nuclear bomb, while weapons and hatred will take the place of dialogue," reads a statement signed by MP Martin Klus and another politician Richard Sulik.
Slovakia's Foreign and European Affairs Ministry on Wednesday expressed its concerns about the United States' decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal and reintroduce sanctions against the country.
The only realistic response to the U.S. withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal is calling on all other parties to remain committed to it, said Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Ministry State Secretary Ivan Korcok.
"We're also calling on Iran to refrain from immediate steps in reaction to the U.S., while I believe that this deal will also meet its purpose to a certain extent event without the U.S.," said Korcok.
