(Xinhua) -- Guinea's junta leader Captain Moussa Dadis Camara who was wounded in an assassination attempt was "out of danger" following a surgery in Morocco, his spokesman Idrissa Cherif said Saturday.

Camara was shot by his military aide Aboubakar Diakite (Toumba) in a dispute on Thursday and received medical treatment in a military hospital in Rabat, capital of Morocco, on Friday.

Burkina Faso's President Faso Blaise Compaore, who is mediator for the Guinea crisis, also said Friday that Camara was "in a difficult, but not desperate situation."

Following the incident, security levels have been raised in the Guinean capital of Conakry, eye witnesses said, adding that calm was restored as soldiers were deployed to major strategic points in the capital.

The political crisis in the West African country has lasted for early one year since Camara seized power in December 2008, hours after the death of long-time President Lansana Conte.

In August 2009, Camara announced that he would return the country to democracy in a presidential poll in January 2010. But his intention to contest the elections ignited strong opposition in the country.

The standoff between the junta and the opposition seemed ever more difficult to break since a Sept. 28 clash, in which dozens of people were reportedly killed.