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"In view of the adoption of the transition charter, a national meeting will be convened on October 14 and 15," said the decree signed by Burkina Faso's new strongman, Captain Ibrahim Traore, who took power a week ago and was named interim president.
Coup leader Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba led the more than half-hour meeting at the presidential palace in the capital Ouagadougou.
Supporters of Burkina Faso's new junta rallied on Tuesday as the UN, France and the poor Sahel country's neighbours condemned its latest coup.