The military rhetoric of the defense ministries of Armenia and Azerbaijan does not diminish. Armenian Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan said on the day of negotiations between the Azerbaijani and Armenian leaders in Vienna on March 29, in the presence of the Armenian community in New York, that he had replaced the formula "land against peace" with the formula "new war for new areas". According to this, Armenia will increase the number of military units that can bring the war to the enemy's territory. The statement was also supported by the Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan. Armenia probably assumes that a new war will be initiated by Azerbaijan. Azerbaijani Minister of Defense Zakir Hasanov was also hostile in his remarks: "If Armenia goes on the offensive, I will have the opportunity to meet Tonoyan in Yerevan".

On April 7, the Armenian Minister of Defense said: "We do not want a war, but Azerbaijan's military-political leadership should prepare its army for peace." Responding to this statement, the spokesman of Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry Vagif Dargahli said there was no country in the world whose army prepares for peace. The task of the army is to be constantly in a state of vigilance to protect the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of their country. He referred to President Ilham Aliyev, saying that sustainable peace would only be possible if the occupied territories would be returned to Azerbaijan". The leadership of Armenia should recognize once and for all that our army can only think about peace after the occupied territories have been liberated. Under the current conditions, the Azerbaijani army is not ready for peace but for war", said Dargahli.

The following day, the Armenian Minister of Defense told the Mediamax news agency that Armenia was preparing its assault troops for a war against Azerbaijan. "In case of a provocation, we meet face to face on the enemy's territory. If necessary, our stormtroopers can cause havoc behind the frontline", said Tonoyan.

The press secretary of Azerbaijan's Ministry of Defense described Tonoyan's recent statements as "illogical and nonsensical". The statement by Tonoyan is a direct threat against civilians. The press spokesman suggested that the Armenian Minister of Defense's recent statements might be directed against Nikol Pashinyan and that Tonoyan wanted to sharpen his own profile for a future political career.

Meanwhile, the wife of the Armenian Prime Minister, Anna Hakobyan, spoke about the need for peace. In an interview with "Voice of America" ​​she talked about her initiative "Women for Peace". She emphasized that thousands of soldiers died in vain in Nagorno-Karabakh. "There were thousands of victims, but this was for nothing because these victims did not bring us closer to resolving the conflict. Perhaps they have even taken us further away from a solution because we cannot find a solution to the conflict under the existing conditions", Hakobyan said. This statement caused such sharp criticism from the former ruling party RPA that Nikol Pashinyan had to protect his wife. According to Pashinyan, Anna Hakobyan meant the Azerbaijani soldiers who had died in the April war in 2016. Hakobyan herself affirmed that she would be ready to fight "with weapons in hand" in the event of another outbreak of war.

The official negotiations on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict were resumed with a meeting between Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on 29 March 2019 after a long break caused by the transfer of power in Armenia. After the meeting it was said that the two Heads of State and Government had agreed to continue the direct dialogue and instructed their Foreign Minister to meet in the near future. The meeting is scheduled for April 15 in Moscow.

Nagorno-Karabakh is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan, but it is occupied by Armenia, which sees itself as a protective power for the Karabakh Armenians. The OSCE Minsk Group under the co-chairmanship of Russia, France and the USA, has been mediating since 1994 in the search for a peaceful solution to the conflict. Success has not yet been achieved.