Jammu, June 6 -- India's purchase of Russian arms and weaponry gets "under the skin of America". This is an irritant in Indo-US relations, according to Howard Lutnik, US commerce secretary.

That aside, India was a great country with diverse assets, particularly its talented people capable of achieving break-throughs in areas like artificial intelligence. The US views were articulated by the US commerce secretary Lutnik while speaking with the Indian TV network, ANI, in Washington, DC.

Lutnik explained that US president Donald Trump had his first priority of America First in advanced manufacturing. However, beyond that America has entire areas of co-operation open with friends and allies which could be explored by India. Lutnik pointed out...