SUDAN, Egypt and Ethiopia have reached a cooperation agreement concerning projects exploiting the waters of the Nile Basin, officials said Friday. In a communique issued at the end of a two-day meeting here, the three countries’ water resources ministers said they had approved an experts’ document setting out the terms of strategic cooperation in Nile water projects. The accord calls for equitable use of the waters in irrigation and electric power projects as well as those aimed at the prevention of soil erosion, flooding and pollution. Feasibility studies are planned for joint water projects and the means for financing them.