However, oil remains an issue. With oil prices soaring, nations around the world are racing to get their hands on oilfields. The situation is no different in Indonesia, OPEC's only Asian member. Aceh's oil resources have thus become a source of problems and introduce a new variable into its pursuit of autonomy.
但除了主權之爭外，關鍵仍在石油，由於印尼是 OPEC（石油輸出國家組織）中唯一的亞洲成員，值此油價飆漲，各國瘋狂搶奪油田之際，亞齊懷璧其罪，也為自治之路憑添變數。