Thursday- According to the Russian state news agency RIA- Novosti,for delivering natural gas to Europe,Belarus was paid $228 million by the Russian energy giant Gazprom.

A rather huge payment was made was still not at par with what Belarus gas stipulated. Belarus demanded $260 million for transit fees.However, Alexei Miller, Chief Executive of Gazprom had reported to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev that the company has already polished off its debts to Belarus.

Sergei Kupriyanov,a spokesman for Gazprom said that the payment had resolved the issue.

He told the news agency that there are no problems that may actually hamper gas supplies or transit.

Meanwhile,a spokesperson for the Belarus Energy Ministry, Lyudmila Zenkovich relayed to CNN, her ministry did not have the official confirmation that the payment through money transfer hasreached their country.

Earlier this week, Gazprom said that Belarus was behind on its payments for natural gas and the company deducted the amount of gas it supplied to the former Soviet Republic with a total of 60 percentage.

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said that Gazprom also owed money for transporting the Russian gas to Europe.Then, the Belarus government threatened to curtail gas delivery through its pipelines to Europe to make it up for the losses.

Wednesday, Belarus said it had cleared its debt with Gazprom, and Miller confirmed that Thursday. Gazprom also resumed full gas deliveries to Belarus, Medvedev’s spokeswoman, Natalya Timakova, told RIA-Novosti.

If unresolved, the payment dispute could have threatened Europe’s energy supplies.