Error in MVC View page

I just did a simple Page in MVC where i was getting an error of parser. My code was everything fine. i just need some one what would cause this error. I know it's a simple thing but i had been getting this error
Controller:HomeController

public ActionResult Index()
        {
            ViewBag.Countries = new List<string>()
            {
                "India",
                "Japan",
                "UK",
                "USA"
            };
            return View();
        }

My View:Index.cshtml

<h2>Countries List</h2>
<ul>
    @foreach (string strCountry in ViewBag.Countries)
        <li>
            @strCountry
        </li>
</ul>

My Error appears as :
Parser Error Message: Expected a "{" but found a "<". Block statements must be enclosed in "{" and "}". You cannot use single-statement control-flow statements in CSHTML pages. For example, the following is not allowed:

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