Contrary to statements made by the Georgian Public Broadcaster GPB, Eutelsat reaffirms that no contract has come into force between GPB and Eutelsat. Eutelsat also reaffirms that it does not respond to political or ideological pressure of any kind in the conduct of its activity and operates according to commercial and business rationale…Eutelsat confirms that negotiations were pursued in 2009 with several customers interested in the same capacity on this satellite, and that it has selected to allocate [it] to a European telecommunications operator… Eutelsat accordingly informed GPB… that it could satisfy GPB’s requirements with another satellite in its the fleet, namely W2A… The offer on W2A involves no additional constraint compared with the initial offer on W7… Eutelsat wishes to reaffirm that…its function does not encompass control of content or data transported by the capacity leased to clients.