一些国家的外交官星期一在维也纳讨论利比亚局势，重点是利比亚新政府及其面临的安全挑战。自利比亚领导人卡扎菲2011年被推翻并被处死后，利比亚局势一直处于混乱状态。
美国国务卿克里和意大利外长真蒂洛尼共同主持这次会议。西方国家希望利比亚民族团结政府能把国家团结起来。
得到国际社会承认的利比亚新政府面临来自对立派系的挑战。
此外，利比亚新政府还面临与伊斯兰国有关联的激进分子的挑战，他们在中部城市苏尔特建立了一个基地，并曾利用该基地对邻国突尼斯发动袭击。
维也纳会议召开前，克里刚刚结束了对沙特阿拉伯的访问，他寻求沙特的帮助，加强实施叙利亚政府军和反政府力量之间的停止敌对行动协议。
Libya’s new government and its security challenges are the focus for diplomats Monday as they gather in Vienna to discuss the situation in the country which has been grappling to overcome the chaos that followed the 2011 ouster and killing of leader Moammar Gadhafi.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni are co-hosting the session aimed at supporting the Government of National Accord that Western powers hope can unite Libya.
The internationally recognized government is facing challenges from rival factions.
The new government is also being challenged by Islamic State-affiliated militants who have established a base in the central city of Sirte and have used that base to launch attacks in neighboring Tunisia.
The talks in Vienna follow Kerry’s visit to Saudi Arabia where he sought that government’s support in strengthening a cessation of hostilities agreement between Syrian government forces and rebels.