Russia unsure if Japan-US treaty revision will affect islands dispute

Russia will need to wait for the United States and Japan to revise their security treaty before deciding how it is going to affect Moscow-Tokyo talks on disputed islands, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov said on Saturday.

"These questions are of bilateral U.S.-Japan matters," Morgulov said in Osaka, adding that the potential revision could, in the end, have some impact on the Russia-Japan peace treaty, which has been stalled for decades by territorial disputes. "Let's wait for the possible U.S.-Japan military agreement revision and then give it assessments."