President Ilham Aliyev also said that the return of Azerbaijanis to modern-day Armenia should not ‘intimidate the people or state of Armenia’.
The two were included in a list of 34 other freedom predators by the organisation.
Ramiz Mehdiyev, a longtime confidant of former President Heydar Aliyev, was arrested and charged with treason on Tuesday.
Azerbaijan and Russia have been at odds since the deadly Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash in December 2024, which Baku has blamed on Russian air-defence missiles.
Putin nonetheless partially cast the blame on Ukrainian drones entering Russian airspace at the time.
Armenia views the term as containing territorial claims against it.
Azerbaijan has long been at odds with France, largely over French support for Armenia.
