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Islamabad (AFP / IRNA-Oana) - Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, said Tuesday the Embassy of Pakistan in the capital of Kyrgyzstan will continue to operate despite the riots that also killed a Pakistani student.

Pakistani student named Ali Raza was killed we struggled with ethnic violence in Osh, Kyrgyzstan's second largest city.

Two military transport planes carrying 250 Pakistanis Tuesday, the majority of students, from Osh displaced for six days.

Foreign Minister of Pakistan, after reports the return of students and citizens of Kyrgyzstan, told reporters in Islamabad before the government of Pakistan wants good relations with Kyrgyzstan and want the relationship maintained with the Central Asian countries.

He said the meeting with the region's countries are in progress to review the deteriorating situation in Kyrgyzstan and find ways to normalize the situation in that country.

The body of Ali Reza who was killed during the riots in Kyrgyzstan was also brought by the same aircraft.

Shah Mahmood Qureshi told Pakistani abandoned everything in Kyrgyzstan brought back home. He said Pakistan is also sending relief goods including medicines and food items to Kyrgyzstan.

He also said all citizens of Pakistan have been evacuated with the arrival of the aircraft is, answering questions from reporters.

Chairman of Pakistan's National Disaster Management Agency, (Ret.) Lt.. General Nadeem Ahmad told reporters when there are citizens of Pakistan who was found abandoned there, will be governed by their repatriation efforts.

He said preparations have been arranged so that they settled in Rawalpindi and Islamabad and has a telephone facility to contact their relatives.