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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def parse_config(file_path):
 """Loads the configuration file given as parameter"""

    config_parser = configparser.ConfigParser()
    config_parser.read(file_path)
    plugin_config = {}
    options = config_parser.options(CONFIG_OPTION)
    for option in options:
        try:
            plugin_config[option] = config_parser.get(CONFIG_OPTION, option)
            if plugin_config[option] == -1:
                print("skip: %s" % option)
        except Exception as e:
            print("exception on %s!" % option)
            print(e.message)
            plugin_config[option] = None
    return plugin_config