According to media reports, Milosevic's wife Mirjana Markovic will request that he be buried in Moscow, where she has lived since February 2003 and where their son Marko lives.
Borislav Milosevic, the brother of the former Serbian and Yugoslav president, told the Serbian media that Milosevic should be buried in the Alley of Great Men in Belgrade's Novo Groblje cemetery. But he added that the authorities in Belgrade would probably not allow this.
Marija Milosevic, the daughter of Mirjana Markovic and Slobodan Milosevic, who has lived in Montenegro for several years, does not want her father to be buried in Moscow or Belgrade. She told the Beta news agency late on Saturday that she wanted him to be buried in his family grave in Lijeva Rijeka in Montenegro, from where the Milosevics originate, and that she would not attend the funeral if it was to be held in Moscow.
The Serbian authorities previously issued arrest warrants for Mirjana Markovic and Marko Milosevic because of proceedings that are being conducted against them before Serbian courts, which is why they cannot travel either to Serbia or the Netherlands, although the Dutch authorities have announced that they could issue visas for them, according to the Serbian electronic media.
Representatives of Milosevic's Socialist Party of Serbia and the Serbian Radical Party of Vojislav Seselj requested in separate statements on Saturday night that the Serbian authorities discontinue the proceedings against Milosevic's widow and son so that they could attend his funeral in Belgrade.
Former Serbian Supreme Court judge Zoran Perovic said the decision to abolish criminal proceedings could be made by Serbian President Boris Tadic at the personal request of Mirjana Markovic and Marko Milosevic.
"It is not common for a political party to request abolishing criminal proceedings, but this possbility is not ruled out," Perovic said.