White House not considering idea of allocating aid for Ukraine and Israel in separate bill

The administration of US President Joe Biden is not discussing with Congress the possibility of allocating funding for Ukraine and Israel in a separate bill.

"That is not what we want to see. We want to see the entire national — we want to see that national security supplemental move forward.  That is what we’re working towards," Karine Jean-Pierre, White House press secretary, said at a briefing.

Jean-Pierre emphasised that the presidential administration is currently focused on ensuring that the national security project is approved as it is.

"That’s one of the reasons we’re having these really important bipartisan conversation in the Senate to see what we can do at the border security, but we want that national security supplemental to move forward," she added.

Media reported earlier that Mike Johnson, Speaker of the US House of Representatives, told the three Baltic parliamentary leaders that the issue of border security with Mexico and related additional funding for Ukraine would "probably" be divided due to concerns over border policy reform.

Representatives of the Republican Party demanded that the White House take decisive action to deter illegal immigration at the US-Mexico border.

Due to disputes over what measures should be taken, a supplemental funding package that provides US$61 billion for Ukraine's needs is stuck in Congress.

The White House previously stated that it no longer had the money for new military support for Ukraine until it was approved by the US Congress.