Indonesia has ordered the

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to exit from

Papua region which has been hit by separatist movement for years,

the country's Foreign Ministry said here on Thursday.

The order was made after ICRC officials visited a prison in

which separatist prisoners are suspected being detained in the

easternmost island, spokesman of the Ministry Teuku Faizasyah

said.

The spokesman said that the international organization had

violated the agreement made with the Indonesian government in

1987. Even, the organization ignored the request by the Ministry to

renegotiate for a new agreement in 2004.

Then the ministry has asked the ICRC to end operation in Papua

since a month ago, but it keeps ignoring it, he said.

"We asked them to immediately stop operation in Papua.

Because their activities have not been in line with their orientation of

neutral organization. Their officials have visited a prison," Faizasyah

told Xinhua.

Faizasyah said that the opening of the ICRC branch office in

Papua was illegal.

"The opening of their office in Papua is lawless. The agreement

made in 1984 has expired," he said.

Papua is a politically sensitive region where the Separatist Papua

Movement has long waged separatist campaigns since decades ago.

The Free Papua Movement has long engaged in rebellious

activities in Indonesia. They have used both guerrilla and diplomatic

ways to achieve their goal.