U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the U.S. would consider a normalization of ties and the adoption of a peace treaty with North Korea if Pyongyang vows to abandon its nuclear ambitions.

In an interview with Bloomberg Radio on Friday, Clinton said the U.S. has a very clear message that there are significant benefits for North Korea if it recommits to the verifiable, irreversible denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula during the upcoming trip to Pyongyang by special envoy for North Korea policy Stephen Bosworth.

Clinton said the U.S. would explore some of the issues the North has raised continually with Washington over the years, namely, the normalization of relations, the replacement of an armistice with a peace treaty, and economic development assistance.

She said all such issues would be open for discussion during Bosworth’s meeting.

She added, however, that none of these compromises can be made unless the North commits to denuclearization within the context of the six-party talks.

A senior official at the State Department said Washington’s agreement to hold bilateral talks with Pyongyang resulted from signs by the communist state that it intends to return to the six-nation talks.