The United States supports the solution of a bizonal bicommunal federation in Cyprus, US Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Daniel Fried said on concluding a short visit to Cyprus.

He described his meetings in Cyprus as productive and useful and expressed hope that the leaders of the two communities will be able to make progress and open full-fledged negotiations soon, pointing out that the US want to help but have no plan of their own to propose, since a settlement cannot be imposed from the outside.

Speaking at a press conference, Fried said the purpose of his trip was ``to demonstrate the support of the United States for the efforts of the two leaders, President Christofias and Mehmet Ali Talat, to make progress under UN auspices to reach the point where comprehensive negotiations to solve the Cyprus problem can begin.``

``The US want to see a reunified island. We support a bizonal bicommunal federation, one nation, one citizenship, an undivided country, and we are impressed by the recent work of the two leaders, President Christofias and Mehmet Ali Talat, as expressed in the March 21, May 23 and July 1 statements,`` Fried noted.