Mr Slobodan Milosevic heads a list of five senior Yugoslav officials sought by the International Criminal Tribunal alleging war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Mr Milosevic was indicted by the tribunal in The Hague last June, becoming the first head of state to be so charged.
The charges relate to Yugoslav army atrocities carried out during last year's conflict in Kosovo.
Mr Milosevic's successor as President of Serbia, Mr Milan Milutinovic, has also been indicted over Kosovo, as have Mr Nikola Sainovic, Deputy Prime Minister of Yugoslavia, Mr Dragoljub Ojdanic, Yugoslav army chief of staff, and Mr Vlajko Stojiljkovic, Serbian Interior Minister.
Two former Milosevic proteges, Dr Radovan Karadzic and Gen Ratko Mladic, have been indicted by the International Crimes Tribunal for Yugoslavia on charges of genocide, crimes against humanity and violations of the laws or customs of war.
Dr Karadzic leads the breakaway Bosnian Serb mini-state.
The chief war crimes prosecutor in The Hague, Ms Carla del Ponte, said that indictments against Mr Milosevic relating to acts of genocide in Bosnia and Croatia during the 1991-95 Balkan wars were being considered