BAGHDAD (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Washington hopes to resume talks with North Korea over its nuclear ambitions.

Clinton says she was "very pleased" with strong U.N. action last week on North Korea, which was hit with new U.N. sanctions on three companies. But she says Washington hopes to resume dialogue with the communist nation.

Clinton's comments Saturday during a stop in Baghdad came hours after North Korea announced it had reactivated facilities to harvest plutonium. The move is a key step away from a 2007 disarmament deal.

The United States and neighboring powers have for years trying to offer North Korea aid in exchange for disarmament.