11.   Lloyd met with Foreign Minister Joao Miranda and said they discussed the possibility of securing a truce to make possible a peace conference among countries involved in the fighting.

12.   Mediators fear the peace talks between the bitter rivals was the last chance to secure a truce and prevent the rebels from marching on the Zaire capital, Kinshasa.

13.   Intense international efforts have so far failed to secure any truce.

14.   US Secretary of State Warren Christopher also spent two weeks in shuttle diplomacy in the region before the truce was secured.

15.   Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev, who mediated the talks, said Russia would continue its efforts to secure a truce despite the ceasefire collapse.

16.   Tajik government and opposition representatives met in Iran on Saturday to open a new round of UN-sponsored talks aimed at securing a truce in Tajikistan.