Dalai Lama has 'no worries' about Trump

The Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said Wednesday he had "no worries" about US President-elect Donald Trump and looked forward to meeting him -- a prospect which would anger Beijing.

The Nobel laureate called the US "a leading nation of free world" at a press conference on a visit to Mongolia, where he met with Buddhist worshippers despite strident demands from Beijing that he be barred from entering the country.

"Sometimes I feel during election, the candidate has more freedom to express," he said in English in response to a question about the US elections.

"Once they [are] elected, having the responsibility, then they have to planning their sort of vision, their works according [to] reality," he added. "So I have no worries."

He said he had plans to visit the US next year and looked forward to meeting Trump -- then giggled.