"Virtually the possibility of renewed hostilities at Azerbaijan’s frontline is not ruled out, but I do not think it will happen," Artyush Shahbazyan, secretary of the ARFD parliamentary told a briefing at the National Assembly of Armenia.
According to Shahbazyan, a new war will not resemble the war of early 1990's, as the preparedness and weapons of the armies of both countries are different. "Immediately after hostilities starts, the parties will suffer great losses that would result in a great numbers of refugees," he said.

ARFD faction secretary added that the hysteria of Azerbaijan on the resumption of hostilities is not appropriate, since at the beginning of March 2008 an unsuccessful attempt had already been made and the Azerbaijani army had suffered substantial losses.

On March 3-4, 2008 the Azeri troops tried to break the NKR Defense Army. As a result of actions taken by the NKR army, the Azeri side lost more than 20 people.

The Armenian Revolutionary Federation Dashnaktsutyun is an Armenian political party founded in Tiflis (Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia) in 1890 by Christapor Mikaelian, Stepan Zorian, and Simon Zavarian The ARF has the largest number of members from the political parties present in the Armenian Diaspora, having established affiliates in more than 200 countries.

The ARF Dashnaktsutyun led the effort toward the establishment of the first Armenian Republic in 1918 and was the party in power for the duration of its existence. Following the Sovietization of Armenia in 1920, the ARF-Dashnaktsutyun was banned by the Communists and its leadership exiled.

In the Diaspora, the ARF Dashnaktsutyun fought Soviet rule over Armenia and championed the cause of Armenian rights and independence; it played a leading role in organizing a social and cultural framework aimed at preserving the Armenian identity.

The ARF Dashnaktsutyun officially re-emerged in Armenia during the dissolution of the USSR, in 1990.

On December 28, 1994, the activities of the ARF-Dashnaktsutyun were “temporarily suspended” by the Armenian authorities. In view of the political nature of the anti-ARF interdictions by the Armenian authorities, the ARF continued to operate in Armenia. On February 9, 1998, less than a week after the resignation of the then president Ter-Petrossian, the Justice Ministry lifted the ban on the ARF Dashnaktsutyun.

The conflict between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan broke out in 1988 as result of the ethnic cleansing the latter launched in the final years of the Soviet Union. The Karabakh War was fought from 1991 to 1994. Since the ceasefire in 1994, sealed by Armenia, Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan, most of Nagorno Karabakh and several regions of Azerbaijan around it (the security zone) remain under the control of NKR defense army. Armenia and Azerbaijan are holding peace talks mediated by the OSCE Minsk Group up till now.