By Kurdistan Hassan ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Prime Minister of Flanders region of Belgium, Geert Bourgeois, told Rudaw that the Kurdish people have the right to determine their future via a referendum. "I think it is up to the people of Kurdistan to decide what they want, do they want kind of federalism or independence, I respect the will of the Kurdish people," Bourgeois told Rudaw on Saturday. Bourgeois described his meeting with the Kurdistan Region President Massoud Barzani and Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani as a success. He also said the presence of the Peshmerga are very important, not only for the region but for the world. Accordingly, he insisted, they should be given more arms since they are combating Islamic State (ISIS). He also visited refugees camps in the Kurdistan Region and decided to allot $228,000 for displaced families in the region.
