Hollande on an aircraft carrier participating in attacks on the Islamic State

Today, French President Francois Hollande should visit the aircraft carrier "Charles de Gaulle" in the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea, the Elysée Palace announced.

Hollande should soon arrive on the "Charles de Gaulle", for the first time since France launched military actions against the Islamic State and three weeks after the terrorist attacks in Paris in which 130 people were killed, according to the agencies.

The French head of state will meet with pilots and technical staff, and he should also attend the night takeoff of French fighter jets.

One week before the attack in Paris, France announced that its aircraft carrier "Charles de Gaulle" would join the fight against the jihadists of the Islamic State in Syria.

On November 18, the aircraft carrier headed to the region from the port of Toulon, in the southeast of France, and it carried out its first attacks in Syria on November 23.