That agreement came after Erdogan paused his talks with Stoltenberg and Kristersson for a side meeting with EU chief Charles Michel, president of the European Council.
Michel hailed a "good meeting", adding that they had "explored opportunities ahead to bring EU-Türkiye cooperation back to the forefront and re-energise our relations".
Türkiye has been a formal candidate to join the European Union since 2005, and an aspirant since long before that, but talks have long been stalled with little sign of life.
But Monday's statements imply Ankara and Brussels may move on boosting trade, updating their customs agreements and loosening visa rules in the absence of formal membership talks.
EU members remain sceptical of Ankara's commitment to democratic and rule of law reforms, and Germany's Olaf Scholz insisted Sweden and Türkiye's ambitions are not linked.
"CLEAR SIGNAL" NEEDED FOR UKRAINE
Separately, Ukraine welcomed a move forward in its fight for a guarantee that it will be able to join NATO as a full member if and when it defeats the Russian invasion.
A Western official told AFP the allies will drop the requirement that Kyiv complete a "Membership Action Plan", a kind of road map to military reform that some allies have had to follow.
Ukraine's foreign minister said this concession - which Moscow warned would have serious consequences for European security - would shorten Kyiv's path to NATO membership.
"It is also the best moment to offer clarity on the invitation to Ukraine to become member," Dmytro Kuleba tweeted.
"Ukraine deserves to be in the alliance. Not now, because now there's war, but we need a clear signal and this signal is needed right now," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a video message posted on Telegram.
But NATO leaders remain divided over offering Ukraine a clear route into the alliance in Vilnius.
While Eastern allies are pushing for Kyiv to get an explicit commitment on when it can join, the United States and Germany are reluctant to go beyond an earlier vow that Ukraine will become a member one day.
Meanwhile, Ukraine's deputy defence minister Ganna Malyar said Kyiv's troops had established fire control over the "entrances, exits and movement of the enemy around the city" of Bakhmut in the country's east.
Russian shelling on an aid hub in the town of Orikhiv in southern Ukraine has killed seven people, the emergency services said on Monday.
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