Putin-Kim Talks Underway In Vladivostok

Russian news outlet Tass reporting that a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is underway at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia.

• Kremlin spokesperson Dmitri Peskov says the leaders will, "exchange views on most relevant security issues."
• Peskov says, cooperation between the two counties, "is not aimed against other countries" and "should not be a worry for third countries."
• Peskov: "Full complex of relations mean dialogue and cooperation in sensitive spheres, such as military cooperation."
• Peskov says the meeting, which comes a week before the start of the annual United Nations General Assembly in New York City, will not change Russia's position on UN sanctions against North Korea.
• US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller told reporters yesterday: "...we have been very clear about what our position is, which is that any transfer between – of arms from North Korea to Russia would violate multiple United Nations Security Council resolutions."
• A deal between Moscow and Pyeongyang is expected to include the transfer of artillery munitions from North Korea in exchange for food and high tech military components.