Barack Obama`s comments on outsourcing of services should not bother India, said finance minister (FM), P Chidambaram.

`A comment here and a comment there (on outsourcing of services to India) should not bother us... once Obama is in office, he will realize that it is an interconnected world and countries have to work together`, Chidambaram said.

He said, the US as the world`s largest economy and India as the world`s largest free market democracy have to work together. Indo-US relations would continue to improve under the new administration, he added.

Commenting on Obama`s election as President of United States, FM said, `It is a transformational change in the US and many ghosts have been exorcised by this election`.

`I think election of Obama is a tribute to the US democracy that a young, forward-looking black has been elected,` he added.