Birasek honored the memory of Russian pilots who died in 2020 in the crash of a helicopter shot down by the armed forces of Azerbaijan. At the ceremony at the memorial, Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergey Kupirkin noted that the implementation of the tripartite agreements of November 9, 2020, which ended the 44-day war in Nagorno-Karabakh, was paid for in the lives of Russian military personnel. He also pointed out the importance of preserving the memory of people who remained faithful to their professional and military duty until the end.