On the right track

The new round of talks on the Iranian nuclear issue, held in Geneva on Tuesday and Wednesday, could be a starting point for the international community to continue building on the current conciliatory momentum in the Middle East. As long as parties involved can view the issue from the larger perspective of regional peace and stability, a breakthrough in the decades-old impasse might not be a mission impossible.

With Syria now on the right track of chemical weapons disarmament, the world appears to be more confident in securing a political resolution to the Iranian nuclear deadlock. If any progress could be made in this week's negotiations between Iran and the European Union-chaired P5+1 group - the United States, Britain, France, China and Russia, plus Germany - it would be a double blessing to the crisis-ridden region.

Signs of reconciliation in the tone of the US and Iran have recently driven up expectations on the talks. In fact, the atmosphere for resolving the Iran issue through negotiations has never been so promising.