China on Thursday said it would closely follow the situation in Kyrgyzstan and continue to offer consular protection.

"We will keep a close watch of how the situation in Kyrgyzstan develops and continue to offer consular protection," Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang told the regular briefing on Thursday.

Qin said with the help of nine chartered flights, China has evacuated about 1,300 nationals from Kyrgyzstan where ethnic clashes have left at least 187 people dead.