Gazprom head Alexei Miller has had a telephone conversation with Belarusian First Deputy Prime Minister Vladimir Semashko.
The talk focused on gas cooperation, including the purchase of a 50% stake in Beltransgaz, Gazprom said in a statement.
Nearly all clauses of a future deal have been coordinated, it says.
At the same time, Gazprom regrets attempts by the Belarusian side to tie up the Beltransgaz deal with negotiations over a new contract on gas supply to Belarus, the statement says.
"We believe that this will only drag out the negotiating process and will not change its essence," the statement quotes Miller as saying after the talks.
Gazprom made clear that the terms of the gas contract for 2011 cannot be changed.
