ATHENS: US President Barack Obama issued a warning against "crude" nationalism as he kicked off his last foreign tour Tuesday with allied nations on edge after Donald Trump's shock election win.

Speaking in Greece, Obama called the NATO alliance "absolutely vital" to US interests and stressed a strong, unified Europe was good for America, in comments directed at nations jittery over Trump's campaign comments about transatlantic ties.

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