Guinea's main opposition leaders have arrived in Burkina Faso for talks over the September 28 army massacre in which more than 150 people were killed.

The opposition group, known as the Forces Vives, is to meet with Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaore, who is mediating a resolution to the crisis that has unfolded in Guinea.

They are to discuss ways of ensuring the resignation of Guinea's self-proclaimed president, Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, and the dissolution of the junta he leads.

Four of Guinea's former prime ministers — Sidya Toure, Francois Lonseny Fall, Cellou Dalein Diallo and Lansana Kouyate — are also in Burkina Faso's capital, Ouagadougou, for the talks, which are due to start on Tuesday.

Opposition leaders Alpha Conde and Mouctar Diallo along with union representatives and civil society leaders are to attend the summit as well.

The talks are to be held more than a month after junta troops opened fire at a rally in a Conakry stadium, where protesters were urging Camara not to stand in the January presidential elections.

Based on assessments by the United Nations and several rights groups, more than 150 people were gunned down and some 1,200 others were injured in the event, which also saw women being stripped and raped in the streets.

The military leadership, however, rejects the figures and insists that only 56 people lost their lives.

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the European Union have slapped an arms embargo against the West African nation over the killings.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has, meanwhile, said that it plans to conduct a preliminary inquiry into whether war crimes were committed in the September raid.

The move is expected to put Camara, who rose to power in a December 2008 coup, under increasing international pressure to step down.

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