SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO WITH JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER MOTEGI TOSHIMITSU AND REPUBLIC OF KOREA FOREIGN MINISTER CHO HYUN AT A SMALL MODULAR REACTOR MEMORANDUM OF COOPERATION SIGNING CEREMONY

WASHINGTON, July 7 -- The U.S. Department of State issued the following transcript of remarks by the U.S. Secretary of State:

Remarks

Marco Rubio, Secretary of State

Motegi Toshimitsu, Japanese Foreign Minister

Cho Hyun, Republic of Korea Foreign Minister

NATO Summit

Ankara, Türkiye

July 7, 2026

MODERATOR: Thank you so much for coming here today. We're here today to mark the signing of a Memorandum of Cooperation on small modular reactor deployment in other countries. I will now invite Secretary Rubio to give some opening remarks, followed by Foreign Minister Motegi and Foreign Minister Cho.

SECRETARY RUBIO: Thank you. Thank you both for being here and for being a part of this, and for this trilateral forum that we've been hav...