The US government has said it is looking for "appropriate" ways to assist the inclusive Government in Zimbabwe, the daily newspaper The Herald reported on Friday.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said this to visiting Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Thursday.

Clinton was speaking a day after the US Senate passed a resolution to maintain the economic sanctions regime on Zimbabwe, citing alleged reluctance by Zanu-PF to fulfill provisions of the Global Political Agreement, and arrest of journalists.

The US Senate resolution came ahead of Prime Minister Tsvangirai's scheduled meeting with US President Barack Obama, set for Friday, where he is expected to press for the lifting of the sanctions and restoration of Zimbabwe's lines of credit.

"He (Tsvangirai) is now in a unified government that is attempting to move Zimbabwe forward into a better future," Clinton, who met Tsvangirai at the State Department in Washington said as she stood before the cameras with him.

"And I'm anxious to hear about the plans and the work that your government is undertaking, and to look for ways that we appropriately can be supportive," Clinton said.

Tsvangirai is expected to meet Obama at the White House to press for the lifting of sanctions and restoration of the country's lines of credit.

(Xinhua News Agency June 12, 2009)