Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) holds a welcoming ceremony for President of Burkina Faso Roch Marc Christian Kabore before their talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 31, 2018. (Photo: Xinhua/Shen Hong)

BEIJING, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday held talks with Burkina Faso's president Roch Marc Christian Kabore ahead of the 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation.

Chinese President Xi Jinping holds a welcoming ceremony for President of Burkina Faso Roch Marc Christian Kabore before their talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 31, 2018. (Photo: Xinhua/Yao Dawei)

Chinese President Xi Jinping holds talks with President of Burkina Faso Roch Marc Christian Kabore at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 31, 2018. (Photo: Xinhua/Shen Hong)

Chinese President Xi Jinping (2nd R) and his wife Peng Liyuan (1st R) pose for photo with President of Burkina Faso Roch Marc Christian Kabore and his wife at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 31, 2018. Xi held talks with Kabore in Beijing on Friday. (Photo: Xinhua/Li Xueren)