German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier made a telephone call today to Prince Saud Al-Faisal, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. During the conversation, they discussed the deteriorating situation in Gaza Strip and efforts exerted to stop the Israeli military attacks. In a press release, the Spokesman of Germany Foreign Ministry said here that the telephone call comes in the framework of the efforts of the German government in cooperation with the European Union to cease fire.