India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar told the lower house of parliament last week that “some improvement” had been made in resolving the ongoing border dispute with China. But he also cautioned that a lot more work has to be done and that it will take years to “reset” relations with Beijing.

The two sides have pulled back their military forces from seven points along their contested boundary in the Himalayas, so they’re no longer in close proximity to one another, but those troops are nonetheless still stationed there and haven’t yet been redeployed.