Speaker of the Knesset Yuli-Yoel Edelstein took off this morning to Brussels speak at two important ceremonies marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

During his visit, Edelstein is expected to meet with Federica Mogherini, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders, Belgium's parliament speaker, the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Belgian Parliament and the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament, as well as the heads of the Belgian Jewish community.