Statement of the JCFA In Support of Army General and leader of the Cuban revolution Raul Castro
Revolutionary Cuba has an inviolable right to its existence as a sovereign nation, like all the other countries within the United Nations (UN)
A right which is further strengthened by law and specifically Article 51 of the charter of UN, which gives states the Right to Self Defense.
Additionally, it's civilian arm, International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) makes it abundantly clear, that aircraft used for purposes that are not compatible with civilian status, loses the protection normally afforded in civil aviation.




