ABOVE: Watch raw video of Kim Kardashian and sister Khloé Kardashian arriving in Armenia.
YEREVAN, Armenia – American television star Kim Kardashian has arrived in the capital of her ancestral Armenia for a visit expected to draw attention to the centennial of the massacre of 1.5 million Armenians.
“Armenia we are here!!!!! We are so grateful to be here & start this journey of a lifetime!,” Kardashian declared on Instagram. “Thank you to everyone who greeted us! I can’t wait to explore our country and have some yummy food!”
Armenia formally marks the killings by Ottoman Turks on April 24. Armenia calls the killings a genocide, a view widely supported by scholars, but Turkey vehemently rejects the term, maintaining that the figure is inflated and that many people on both sides died.
Kardashian is expected to visit the vast complex in Yerevan, the capital, that commemorates the victims.
She is on the trip with her sister Khloé Kardashian as well as her husband Kanye West and their daughter North West.
“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,” she wrote on Instagram.
A large crowd of journalists witnessed her arrival at the capital’s airport on Wednesday.
Kardashian’s ancestors emigrated to the United States in the late 19th Century.
– with files by Global News
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