Chief of Ukraine's Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) Yuriy Lutsenko said at a meeting with the heads of diplomatic missions from EU member states, the United States and Japan on Tuesday that the PGO does not intend to limit the independence of newly-formed anti-corruption agencies.

"The PGO head assured the guests that his agency holds a purely constructive position and does not intend to impinge on the independence of newly-formed anti-corruption agencies. Lutsenko called for cooperation between the law-enforcement agencies in efforts to combat corruption," the PGO's press service said in a statement on Wednesday.

The issue was the subject of discussion of forming an effective system for battling corruption in Ukraine and the role of the PGO in it.

"How to effectively counter corruption is the priority of the PGO and its effectiveness has increased substantially," Lutsenko said.

The PGO head told diplomats about progress and notorious criminal cases being investigated by his office, as well as indictments sent to court involving acts of alleged corruption committed by officials in the incumbent government.

Lutsenko briefing the guests on the results of productive cooperation between the law-enforcement agencies to uncover crimes committed by the so-called "amber mafia," illegal logging and timber sales, banking shenanigans and shady land deals.

Participants in the meeting also discussed reforming the PGO in the context of recent legislative initiatives, including changes to the Constitution of Ukraine in the part of justice. Lutsenko informed the guests on the competitive selection of "non-systemic" personnel for vacant positions in local prosecutors' offices, as well as competitions to create new offices within the PGO, such as the PGO inspection bureau, which will be tasked with rooting out corruption within the PGO.

"A crucial aspect of the battle against corruption is attacking it frontally with the participation of all law-enforcement agencies. Corruption in Ukraine, unfortunately, remains too widespread and, therefore, there can be no monopoly on investigating [corruption] crimes," he said.

"The heads of the diplomatic missions pledged their further support for the PGO at the end of the meeting," the PGO press service said.