The United States’ government is “positive” towards Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman’s four stipulations which he says must be met for negotiations on the Cyprus problem to recommence in earnest, according to reports on Friday. He also reported that the official had told Erhurman’s office, “we appreciate your four-point methodology” and “we find it positive”. Earlier this month, Erhurman had responded to reports that US President Donald Trump may personally intervene on the Cyprus problem by saying that those reports constituted nothing more than “a rumour”. I do not think these statements very accurate,” he said, though he did note that “in the current conjuncture, [the Cyprus problem] has become even more international”. Asked what was discussed between him and Trump, he replied that “all I can say is that the issue discussed was the Cyprus issue”.