Sfeir Urges Lebanese to Unify Ranks, Stresses Only Justice Guarantees Stability

Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir hoped on Friday that Lebanese leaders would unify ranks and consult with President Michel Suleiman on ways to take Lebanon out of its crisis.

"Lebanon is going through a critical situation," Sfeir told a delegation from Voice of Lebanon radio station that moved to Dbayeh.

He "expressed hope that the Lebanese would unify ranks because Lebanon does not survive if its citizens are divided."

Sfeir urged politicians to discuss with Suleiman ways to end the deadlock. "All politicians in this country should work in favor of the nation."

The patriarch also stressed that only "justice guarantees stability."