On Wednesday, officials in South Korea said a Czech court's choice to stop a big project for South Korea to build two nuclear reactors was just a small problem for now. They believe the deal will still happen.

A South Korean group, led by the government's Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power, planned to finish the deal this week with a company owned by CEZ, the biggest electricity provider in the Czech Republic. But, a court in the Czech Republic stopped CEZ from signing the contract. The court is looking at a complaint from a French company called EDF. EDF also wanted the contract, but the South Koreans won the chance to sign it.

South Korean Industry Minister Ahn Dukgeun told reporters in Prague that the court's decision would only delay the signing of the main contract. He said that all other steps would continue as planned if the agreement is completed. He also said that the Czech government clearly did not expect the court to stop the agreement and that CEZ plans to challenge the decision.

It is not clear when the Czech Supreme Administrative Court will decide on that appeal.

Ahn said that the Czech government didn't see EDF's claims as a big problem and asked them to come to the signing ceremony. He added that the Czech government's decision did not match the court's decision.

Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said on Wednesday that his government respects the court's decision. He also said, "I think the judges and the court know how important this decision is and how it affects the safety of the Czech Republic and our country's interests."

Lee Ju-Ho, who is temporarily leading South Korea, said that South Korea will work closely with the Czech Republic to finish the agreement quickly.

In July, CEZ chose KHNP instead of EDF to build two nuclear reactors at the Dukovany power plant. Each reactor will produce 1,000 megawatts of power. EDF took legal action last week after the Czech Republic's competition office did not accept their complaint about how the bids were handled.

Before he was removed last month, former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol had promised to export more nuclear power. He was removed because he tried to use martial law in December, but it failed. He said that nuclear power exports had gone down under the previous government, which wanted to use less nuclear energy in the country. Yoon's government planned to export 10 nuclear power reactors by 2030.