German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, and the Prime Ministers of Britain, Spain and Italy: David Cameron, José Luis Rodr?guez Zapatero, and Silvio Berlusconi, have expressed their thanks to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for receiving President Ali Abdullah Saleh of the Republic of Yemen for medical treatment. In a joint statement issued here, the five European leaders have called on Yemeni parties to respond positively to the appeal of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah Ibn Abdulaziz Al Saud, for the cease-fire and national reconciliation to save the lives of the Yemeni people and alleviate their sufferings after long weeks of protests which have led to hundreds of innocent casualties. The statement said, "We call on Yemenis in a spirit of national unity and dialogue to find a quick path for reconciliation on the basis of the initiative of the Cooperation Council for The Arab States of The Gulf (GCC), which we support unconditionally. "
