Lebanese President Michel Sleiman and Prime Minister Najib Miqati hoped on Sunday that Eid al-Fitr would unite Muslims in Lebanon and lead to the country’s stability.

Lebanese President Michel Sleiman and Prime Minister Najib Miqati hoped on Sunday that Eid al-Fitr would unite Muslims in Lebanon and lead to the country’s stability, local Naharnet news website reported.

In a statement issued by his press office, Sleiman extended his greetings to the Lebanese in general and Muslims in particular on the occasion of al-Fitr.

He hoped the holiday would lead to the “country’s stability and prosperity.”

Miqati’s office also said that the prime minister telephoned Vice President of the Higher Islamic Shiite Council Sheikh Abdul Amir Qabalan and Shiite cleric Sayyed Ali Fadlallah to extend his greetings.

During the phone conversations, Miqati hoped that the Eid would “consolidate Islamic unity in Lebanon.”

The prime minister attended Eid prayers at Mohammed al-Amin mosque in downtown Beirut.

Lebanon’s Muslims marked on Sunday the beginning of the Eid al-Fitr holiday, which follows the holy month of Ramadan, the ninth on the Islamic calendar.