Britain - Dalai Lama Meets Myanmar Opposition Leader - NYTimes.com The Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, said Wednesday that he had met with Myanmar's opposition leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, in London. In a message posted on his Web site, he said they had met privately on Tuesday for around 30 minutes. He said he told Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi that he had "real admiration" for her courage and that he believed she would be of "great service to humanity." The meeting coincided with Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi's 67th birthday, as she made her first visit to Europe in 24 years. She was freed from house arrest in 2010.