French Prime Minister Manuel Valls on Friday committed one billion euros on behalf of the French govement to support Paris's bid to host the 2024 Olympics.
The French capital is one of four candidates including Budapest, Los Angeles and Rome to have submitted bids outlining their financing to the Inteational Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne on Friday.
"The State will bring two thirds of the necessary public funds, that is one billion euros, to finance equipment, and long term construction which will be useful to the population," Valls said, adding the funds would be released "between 2018 and 2024".
Valls said the northe Paris suburb of Seine-Saint-Denis, one of the poorest in France, would benefit from Paris hosting the games, notably through the construction of the Olympic Village there, which would be transformed into 5,000 homes.
Earlier an envoy for the Paris bid committee deposited the city's bid at the IOC's Swiss headquarters.
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