05 अगस्त, 2007 - Published 13:19 GMT

गैस सप्लाई कम करने का फ़ैसला टला

The deal has protected Belarus's gas supplies for now. The clock is already ticking towards the next deadline, set for Friday August the 10th. Belarus has paid 190-million dollars out of the 456-million dollars it owed Gazprom.

Ties between Russia and Belarus were first strained at the end of last year when they negotiated a new price for gas. Some twenty percent of Russian gas exports to Europe are delivered through Belarus. Gazprom's customers in Western Europe were worried that the disputes could lead to problems with their supplies.

James Rodgers, BBC News, Moscow

deal
समझौता

protected
बचा लेना (गैस सप्लाई कम या बंद होने से बच गई)

The clock is already ticking
समय ख़त्म हो रहा है

deadline
समयसीमा

owed
बेलारूस को गैज़प्रोम को पैसा देना है

Ties
संबंध

strained
तनावपूर्ण

negotiated
बातचीत हुई (गैस सप्लाई के दाम को लेकर)

delivered
गैस बेलारूस से होकर जाती है

disputes
मतभेद, विवाद