| SUBROTO SAYS INDONESIA SUPPORTS TIN PACT EXTENSION | |
| Mines and Energy Minister Subroto | |
| confirmed Indonesian support for an extension of the sixth | |
| International Tin Agreement (ITA), but said a new pact was not | |
| necessary. | |
| Asked by Reuters to clarify his statement on Monday in | |
| which he said the pact should be allowed to lapse, Subroto said | |
| Indonesia was ready to back extension of the ITA. | |
| "We can support extension of the sixth agreement," he said. | |
| "But a seventh accord we believe to be unnecessary." | |
| The sixth ITA will expire at the end of June unless a | |
| two-thirds majority of members vote for an extension. | |