( CNN ) -- Several Western powers banded together Saturday in urging Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to do all he can to prevent bloodshed and speedily fulfill his promises of reform . The heads of England , France and Germany joined their counterpart in the United States on Saturday in calling on Egypt 's leader to institute substantive policy changes in short order as well as new , open elections . `` It is essential that the further political , economic and social reforms President Mubarak has promised are implemented fully and quickly , and meet the aspirations of the Egyptian people , '' said a joint statement issued by British Prime Minister David Cameron , French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel . `` The Egyptian people have ... a longing for a just and better future , '' the statement continued . `` We urge President Mubarak to embark on a process of transformation , which should be reflected in a board-based government and in free and fair elections . '' Acknowledging the `` moderating role '' played by Mubarak in the Middle East , the Western leaders urged him to `` show the same moderation '' in Egypt and allow people to demonstrate peacefully . They also called for `` full respect for human rights and democratic freedoms , including freedom of expression and communication . '' Meanwhile , Washington continued Saturday to keep up pressure on the Egyptian leader , on the same day he announced a new deputy , among other Cabinet changes . U.S. State Department spokesman P.J . Crowley tweeted that the Egyptian government `` ca n't reshuffle the deck and then stand pat . '' He added that Mubarak 's `` words pledging reform must be followed by action . '' `` With protesters still on the streets '' in Egypt , he wrote , `` we remain concerned about the potential for violence and again urge restraint on all sides . '' The people of Egypt `` no longer accept the status quo , '' Crowley added . `` They are looking to their government for a meaningful process to foster real reform . '' President Barack Obama had said Friday that he had spoken with Mubarak after the Egyptian president made a televised speech . Mubarak , in his address , said he understands `` these legitimate demands of the people and I truly understand the depth of their worries and burdens , and I will not part from them ever and I will work for them every day . '' Obama said he told Mubarak `` he has a responsibility to give meaning to those words , to take concrete steps and actions that deliver on that promise . '' `` Violence will not address the grievances of the Egyptian people , '' Obama said in a televised appearance Friday . `` Suppressing ideas never succeeds in making them go away . '' Members of Obama 's diplomatic and national security teams , including Vice President Joe Biden , U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton , National Security Advisor Tom Donilon and Adm. Michael Mullen , chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff , held a two-hour discussion on Egypt Saturday morning , according to White House spokesman Tommy Vietor . Obama himself convened a similar meeting on the situation in the early afternoon . In an interview conducted Friday morning in Davos , Switzerland , British Prime Minister Cameron told CNN 's Fareed Zakaria that `` reform and progress in the greater strengthening of democracy and civil rights '' is needed in Egypt . The interview will air at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Sunday on the `` Fareed Zakaria GPS '' program on CNN . Cameron said `` just the act of holding an election is n't enough , '' urging a `` more mature and thoughtful approach '' to build a stronger democracy . He made a point that he did n't think the overthrow of Mubarak -- whom he called `` a friend of Britain '' -- was necessary . `` What we support is evolution , reform , not revolution , '' the prime minister said . `` We 'd all be better off if there were more countries with more democratic institutions , '' he added . `` But let 's recognize those institutions need to be built from the bottom up , not always sort of dropped in from the top down . ''
NEW : In an interview to air Sunday , U.K. leader calls Mubarak a 'friend of Britain ' NEW : Cameron says of Egypt : ` ` We support ... reform , not revolution '' The Associated Press contributed to this report. A U.S. State Department official says Mubarak must not just `` reshuffle the deck ''