13 November 2014. Upon hearing the news, the bishops prayed for the three-crew members, Major Sergei Sahakian and Lieutenants Sarkis Nazarian and Azad Sahakian, who were killed, and presented their condolences to their families.
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The two Catholicoi also requested that the Bishops inform their dioceses and hold memorial services for the three servicemen; they also recommended that all actions be taken on governmental and international levels to any actions that might undermine the uneasy peace between Karabagh and Azerbaijan.