France decided to redeploy its aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle and its naval strike group to the eastern Mediterranean, interrupting their mission in the Baltic Sea, amid rising regional tensions, French broadcaster BFMTV reported on Sunday.

The move comes as French President Emmanuel Macron convened a National Defense and Security Council meeting at the Elysee Palace to assess the evolving security situation.

Addressing the council, Macron revealed that “in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a hangar at our base adjacent to the Emirati base was hit in a drone attack targeting the port of Abu Dhabi.”