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The star is making a documentary during her eight-day tour |
Kardashian was greeted by a huge crowd of fans when the group took a tour of the downtown area.
She had an audience with the country's premier Hovik Abrahamyan, the government press service said.
President Serzh Sarkisian is currently in Italy on a visit that will also see him meet Pope Francis.
Kardashian is reportedly also in the country to make a documentary about the Armenian genocide, ahead of events later this month to mark the centenary of the killings.
Beyond snapping selfies with her fans, she has refused to talk to the press but instead took to social media to express her delight at being in Armenia.
"Armenia we are here!!!!! We are so grateful to be here & start this journey of a lifetime! Thank you to everyone who greeted us! I can't wait to explore our country and have some yummy food!" Kardashian wrote on Instagram.
"My husband and daughter came to Armenia as well to see my heritage and learn about my ancestors! My cousins came along too! So excited I can't sleep."
Kardashian's Armenian ancestors on her father's side emigrated to the United States from an area that now lies in Turkey.
During her eight-day trip, Kardashian and her film crew will visit Yerevan's genocide memorial and Armenia's National Archives to see documents about her ancestors.
She is then to travel to the provincial city of Gyumri where her distant relatives live.
Armenians say up to 1.5 million of their kin were killed between 1915 and 1917 as the Ottoman Empire was falling apart.
They have long sought to win international recognition of the massacres as genocide.
Turkey rejects the claims, arguing that 300,000 to 500,000 Armenians and as many Turks died in civil strife when Armenians rose up against their Ottoman rulers and sided with invading Russian troops.
collected from :http://news.sky.com//http://www.mirror.co.uk
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