India, March 2 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested that he is open to cooperating with the US on rare-earth minerals in a video that has gone viral. This comes after President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's heated exchange at the Oval Office.

In the viral video, Putin is heard saying he is willing to work with American partners - including private companies - in the rare-earth sector.

"We will be open to cooperation with our American partners, and when I say 'partners' I not only mean administrative and governmental agencies, but also private companies if they show interest in working together," Putin said.

Putin went on to say that his country has much larger reserves of rare-earth minerals than U...