"As we see it, we are very much in favor of a Prosecutor who can initiate an ex officio investigation and who will be able to gather evidence and collect other evidentiary materials," Markovic said in an interview with the Italian Radio Radicale 2, conducted by Marina Sikora.

"We just can state that we very much regret that the permanent Criminal Court was not installed some time ago, so we are quite sure that so many atrocities that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and throughout the world, they could have been prevented," she added.

She said that one of her country's main contributions to the Court has been a proposal stating that "States cannot claim national defense or security interest for withholding the documents or evidentiary material and (that) the only competent body to establish the legitimacy of that concern should be the Pre-Trial Chamber."

In spite of disagreements still pending at this final stage, she said: "Our expectations are quite high. We expect that at the end of the the week we will be able to produce the final document."