New Delhi, Aug 14 (UNI) President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday warned the neighbouring countries that while India believed in peace, those in the neighbourhood, who tried to carry out their misadventure of expansionism, would be given a befitting reply.

In his address to the nation on the eve of 74th Independence Day, Mr Kovind said when the world community needed to deal together with an epidemic like Novel Coronavirus, then the neighboring country had cleverly carried out its expansionary activities.