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For example, the council affirmed that in order to ensure Japan's resource and energy interests, Japan would continuously utilize JBIC's international financing and other operations along with trade insurance. Together with this, it also aims to set in place an environment for strengthening relations with countries that have resources and for resource development through ODA (August 2006, third meeting). It also affirmed that, in regard to its international commitment to build up ODA, it would actively utilize yen loans and other methods by increasing the number of new recipient countries, as well as by expediting approval and execution (January 2007, sixth meeting).