Prime Minister Nawaf Salam wrote via the "X" platform: "To our people in the Union of Beirut Families, I extend my warmest congratulations on the election of a new administrative board, and I wish its members every success in serving our city and its people. Beirut needs today more than ever every hand working for it, and every initiative that restores confidence to its people, preserves its heritage, and enhances life within it. To Beirut goes our utmost loyalty, and to our people in it goes all our affection."