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The problem of selective use of laws in Ukraine has to be eliminated, Chairman of the United Kingdom parliament's All Party Parliamentary Ukraine Group John Whittingdale has said. London, May 16 (Interfax-Ukraine) – The problem of selective use of laws in Ukraine has to be eliminated, Chairman of the United Kingdom parliament's All Party Parliamentary Ukraine Group John Whittingdale has said.

"Laws have to be equally applied to everyone. Ukraine should think about improving its court system," he said during the opening of the Seventh Ukrainian Investment Summit organized by Adam Smith Conferences in London on Monday.

Whittingdale added that the fight against corruption was another important task for the country.

He noted that the parliamentary group supports Ukraine in the process of the preparations for signing an association agreement with the European Union and is planning to assist it in future on its way towards joining the EU.

The head of the parliamentary group noted that he regularly meets with the members of the Verkhovna Rada and is ready together with his colleagues to help improve work at the Ukrainian parliament.

Whittingdale also said that British companies are interested in Ukraine, and such partnership could be especially useful in the agriculture, finance, and service spheres.