Salvadoran president-elect to assess relationship with China -aide

FILE PHOTO: Presidential candidate Nayib Bukele of the Great National Alliance (GANA), participates on the National Encounter of Private Enterprise ENADE 2018 in San Salvador, El Salvador on October 8, 2018. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas

SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - Salvadoran President-elect Nayib Bukele will assess whether the country should maintain diplomatic relations with China, a member of his team said on Thursday, less than a year after the outgoing government broke ties with Taiwan.

During the campaign, Bukele, who emerged victorious at the polls as an outsider candidate on Sunday, was critical of the benefits that El Salvador received after establishing diplomatic relations with China.