The European Union on Monday urged countries to avoid any military intervention in Venezuela, the spokeswoman for diplomatic chief Federica Mogherini said, AFP reported. 

"We must avoid a military intervention," Maja Kocijancic told reporters, as Venezuela's opposition leader and self-declared president Juan Guaido was in Bogota to hold talks with allies in the regional Lima Group of countries on measures to compel President Nicolas Maduro to leave office.