'Our aim to raise welfare of 84 million Turkish people'

By Emin Avundukluoglu

ANKARA (AA) - Turkey's new trade minister said on Wednesday they have only one aim that is to raise the welfare of 84 million people.

"We will endeavor to do everything to expand [the volume of] Turkey's exports, economic size, and raise the level of welfare," Mehmet Mus told the reporters in the parliament.

He had been informed before he was appointed, Mus noted, adding: "Our president [Recep Tayyip Erdogan] had shared it with me."

Mus will take his oath in the parliament on Wednesday at 2 p.m. local time (1100GMT).

He holds an undergraduate degree in business from Turkey's Akdeniz University, a postgraduate degree in economics from Washington State University in the US, and a doctoral degree from Turkey's Marmara University in economic history.

Mus has been a member of the parliament for the last four terms.