Almost all invited countries declared to give this initiative of the new American government a serious chance. The conference was followed by a conference in London on January 28, 2010. Invited countries Afghanistan, Albania, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Georgia, Greece, Hungary Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Iran, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kirghizia, Kuwait, Latvia, Libya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan*, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Sweden, Switzerland. * Uzbekistan declined the invitation. See also List of international conferences on Afghanistan Politics of Afghanistan External links Secretary Clinton: Travel to The Hague (International Conference on Afghanistan) and Europe, U.S. Department of State International Conference on Afghanistan Held in The Hague, Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Kingdom of the Netherlands References Political history of Afghanistan 2009 in Afghanistan 2009 in the Netherlands Diplomatic conferences in the Netherlands 21st-century diplomatic conferences (Afghanistan) 2009 in international relations 2009 conferences 21st century in The Hague de:Afghanistan-Konferenz