韩国外交部长赵兑烈于4月15日在首尔会见国际原子能机构（IAEA）总干事拉斐尔·马里亚诺·格罗西，讨论了源于去年美韩峰会的韩国核动力潜艇计划以及朝鲜的核活动。赵兑烈重申了韩国对《不扩散核武器条约》（NPT）义务的承诺，格罗西对韩国“全面且明确”的不扩散努力表示赞赏。
赵兑烈承诺，就核动力潜艇项目将持续与国际原子能机构进行协调。根据美韩峰会协议，该项目涵盖民用铀浓缩及乏燃料后处理能力。此前双方已举行双边会谈，包括近期与美国能源部部长重申了快速落实该协议的意愿。
在新闻发布会上，格罗西表示赵兑烈向他保证“韩国将全面履行其核不扩散承诺”。他强调，将潜艇项目与核武器研发区分开来的保障措施“坚如磐石”，并得到了国际原子能机构核查机制的推进，他将此次会晤描述为相关讨论的“序幕”。
在朝鲜问题上，赵兑烈阐述了韩国为结束半岛敌对状态及建立和平共处所做的努力。格罗西对此表示支持，并指出目前尚无证据表明俄罗斯向平壤转移了核技术，尽管自2009年以来国际原子能机构未能进行现场核查，但该机构将继续发挥技术性作用。
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