"After opening of credit line worth 100 million euros during recent visit by my country's officials to Iran indicates that Slovakia supports investment in Iran," Mirgelian said in a meeting with Head of Iran-Slovakia Parliamentary Group Mehdi Farshadan in Tehran on Sunday.
The Slovakian ambassador assessed bilateral ties as positive, hoping that relations would further improve following the removal of sanctions and settlement of banking problems.
Farshadan, for his part, pointed to good ties between Iran and Slovakia, and said hat excellent bilateral relations since the country’s independence are an appropriate ground for bolstering ties in various domains.
He also described removal of obstacles such as facilitating visa issuance as a major contributor to boosting bilateral ties.
In a relevant development in mid-July 2016, Iran's Non-Resident Ambassador to Slovakia Ebadollah Molaei and Coordinator of the Slovak Presidency at the Council of the European Union Ivan Korčok in a meeting in Bratislava underlined the need for the broadening of mutual cooperation.
During the meeting in the Slovak capital, Molaei and Korčok explored avenues for bolstering and reinvigorating bilateral relations between Tehran and Bratislava.
The Iranian envoy pointed to the good economic and political relations between Tehran and Bratislava, and said, "The prospect of relations between the two states is promising."
He also welcomed the important and positive role of Slovakia in boosting Iran-Europe relations.
Korčok, for his part, voiced his satisfaction with the significant development of cooperation between Tehran and Bratislava.
He referred to Slovakia's Minister of Finance's recent visit to Iran, and said, "The visit was an important step forward to deepen economic collaboration between the two countries."
Korčok called for the enhancement of cooperation between Iran and the European Union in all fields, including the energy sector.