21.   Meanwhile, African foreign ministers resumed the second day of talks with Zairian officials in Kinshasa.

22.   Mediators and Zairian officials insisted the meeting is still on, but it might be delayed.

23.   Other Zairian officials, however, said no final agreement had been reached.

24.   Rwanda has denied sending government troops into eastern Zaire, but Zairian officials point to the prisoners as proof of their claim.

25.   Since then the commission has produced evidence that arms were delivered to the refugees with full knowledge of Zairian officials by a Zairian airliner.

26.   The foreign ministry said that Zairian officials, including the culture minister, were on the scene to investigate.

27.   The passengers and crew have been staying at a Rwandan military barracks waiting for Zairian officials to help them return home.

28.   There was no immediate word from the government on whether the area had been quarantined, as Zairian officials did in Kikwit.

29.   Zairian officials also prevented foreign aid workers from being evacuated to neighboring Burundi as fighting continued in the region, U.N. refugee agency spokesman Paul Stromberg said.

30.   Zairian officials blame Rwanda and Burundi for arming and abetting the Banyamulenge.