Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meet at the sideline of Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia, September 5, 2019. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin told his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe on Thursday that Tokyo's military ties with the United States and many other issues made it hard for Japan and Russia to sign a World War Two peace treaty.
Putin made the comment at an economic forum in Russia's Far East after Abe called on him to resolve a row between the countries over a disputed chain of islands that has prevented the two countries signing a peace treaty.
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