and intelligence services to the Taliban and al Qaeda. Those extremists were all being funded by Saudi Arabia, he said, and it was only a matter of time until it resulted in a major catastrophe... Putin, though, was right. The Taliban and al-Qaida were time bombs that would explode on September 11, 2001... I was taken aback by Putin's alarm and vehemence." See also Russia–United States relations List of Soviet Union–United States summits Slovakia Summit 2005 References Further reading Goldgeier, James, and Michael McFaul. "George W Bush and Russia." Current History 101.657 (2002): 313+. Herspring, Dale R., and Jacob Kipp. "Understanding the Elusive Mr. Putin." Problems of Post-communism 48.5 (2001): 3-17. Mattox, Gale A. "Resetting the US–Russian relationship: is ‘cooperative engagement’possible?." European security 20.1 (2011): 103-116. External links Official Site of the Meeting BBC News Story on the Meeting The White House's page on the Meeting 2001 conferences 2001 in international relations 2001 in American politics 2000s in Russian politics 2001 in Slovenia 21st-century diplomatic conferences Diplomatic conferences in Slovenia Russia–United States relations Slovenia–United States relations Russia–Slovenia relations Presidency of George W. Bush Vladimir Putin 2000s in Ljubljana Events in Ljubljana June 2001 events in Europe