"I'm not disappointed at all. We are all on the same wavelength and that's important ... Actually I think we had a very good, productive three days and it's something we can build on to move forward."

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was optimistic despite the failure by Iran and world powers to clinch a deal on Teheran's nuclear program following marathon talks in Geneva last week.

"For a long time, people have tended to think that principals rather than local governments should be responsible for security incidents at schools."

Chu Zhaihui, researcher at the National Institute of Education Sciences, commenting after the State Council's approval of a campus safety regulation making government leaders accountable for school safety.

(China Daily 11/17/2013 page1)