North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev held a summit in the eastern Siberian city of Ulan Ude on Wednesday.

In a media release earlier in the day, the Kremlin announced the two leaders would discuss the North's nuclear program and bilateral economic cooperation during their summit.

The statement said the talks would focus on the resumption of the six-party nuclear dialogue in an effort to resolve the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula. It also said that Russia has consistently supported a peaceful and diplomatic solution to restoring inter-Korean dialogue and cooperation.

Russia's Itar-Tass news agency also cited a Kremlin official as saying that Kim and Medvedev would discuss the terms to swiftly resuming the six-way talks.