Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao today had a meeting with exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, nearly a week after National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon concluded his visit to China as Prime Minister’s special envoy. <br/><br/>Tenzin Taklha, a spokesman for the Dalai Lama, said the meeting took place at the Nobel Laureate's mansion in Mcleodganj, the headquarters of the Tibetan government-in-exile. Taklha however refused to give details of the meeting but Tibetan sources said the two discussed issues of mutual interest. <br/><br/>The sources said the meeting lasted for about an hour and that Rao, a former Ambassador to China, was accompanied by Gautam Bambawale, Joint Secretary (East Asia) in the External Affairs Ministry. The Dalai Lama celebrated his 75th birthday earlier in the week.