North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is traveling to Siberia to hold talks with Russian president Dmitry Medvedev.

Kim’s special train left Russia’s Amur Oblast region on Sunday afternoon following a tour of the Bureiskaya hydroelectric power plant, the largest of its kind in the Far East. The train is headed for Ulan-Ude, which is believed to be his final destination in Russia and where he is expected to sit down with President Dmitry Medvedev.

The train is expected to arrive in Ulan-Ude late Monday afternoon, or early Tuesday morning if it doesn't make any stops. It takes over 24 hours from Bureiskaya to Ulan-Ude by train.

Accompanying Kim on the trip are vice head of the North Korean national defense commission Jang Song-thaek, chief of the intelligence agency Kim Yang-gon, and vice foreign minister Kim Kye-gwan.

North Korea experts say the makeup of his entourage indicates that discussions could trend toward the six-party nuclear talks, inter-Korean ties and economic cooperation.