Serbs are celebrating after Tomislav Nikolic declared victory in Sunday's run-off presidential election.<br/> <br />But he's having to reassure the West over his past.<br/> <br />Opposition leader Nikolic is a former ultra-nationalist last in power when NATO bombed Serbia in 1999.<br/> <br />But the man who was once an ally of Slobodan Milosevic says he'll keep the Balkan nation moving towards the European Union.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: TOMISLAV NIKOLIC SAYING (Serbian):<br/> <br />"The outcome of this election shows - and I will keep my promises - that Serbia will not steer away from the EU path, that Serbia wants to protect its people in Kosovo and Metohija, and that this election was not a referendum about who was to lead Serbia into the EU or who was not. Here we are resolving internal problems that were created by Boris Tadic and the Democratic Party."<br/> <br />The West has been encouraged by Nikolic's apparent transition from ultra-national to pro-European conservative.<br/> <br />But some Western diplomats are still unsure about the actual substance of his policy.<br/> <br />Paul Chapman, Reuters
