US allocates USD 169 million of assistance through newly created Baltic Security Initiative 2020-12-23 LETA/BNS/TBT Staff TALLINN - The United States' Congress adopted a USD 2.3 trillion defense appropriations bill, which foresees USD 168.7 million of security assistance to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in 2021. For the first time the security assistance is allocated through the newly created Baltic Security Initiative, which highlighted the security concerns of the Baltic region in U.S. lawmaking. "The decision by the U.S. Congress demonstrates that our strongest ally is committed to the defense of our region and understands the security challenges here. We highl...