Peace talks went smoothly after the tsunami. Since the ceasefire was signed in Helsinki in August 2005, the province has begun taking steps towards autonomy. Though it has abandoned its pursuit of diplomatic and military sovereignty, it is running its own administration within its borders-promulgating laws made by Aceh's own legislature and establishing its own Islamic courts.
海嘯迄今和談順利，除了 2005 年 8 月在芬蘭赫爾辛基簽署停火協議外，未來亞齊將朝「自治」邁進，對外放棄外交和國防主權，對內則自行統治，比如實行亞齊議會自訂的法律、擁有自己的伊斯蘭宗教法庭等。