Yesterday Deputy Prime Minister Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega visited Valencia Port accompanied by Valencia Mayoress Rita Barbera, Port Director Rafael Aznar and Economy Conseller Gerardo Camps.

During the visit, she once again reaffirmed the Government’s decision to send Valencia a thousand million Euros to dress up the City and prepare the port for the Americas Cup.

She also added that it was still to be determined which works were to be undertaken by the Town Hall, and to accomplish that, the Economy Ministry would allow Valencia to have debts over those allowed by the law.

Miss Fernandez de la Vega added that the Americas Cup would put Valencia City, the Valencian Community and Spain as a whole on the front pages of the world.

For her part Mrs Barbera expressed her gratitude to Miss Fernandez de la Vega, "Which clearly showed that the Madrid Government is supporting the City."