Strong duality optimal control

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I'm reading a paper on optimal control, where they prove strong duality, however its form is puzzling to me.

Let $\pi$,$\delta$ be the optimal value of the primal/dual. The paper claims that weak duality implies

$-\delta \leq \pi$

Then goes on to show $-\delta = \pi$ and therefore strong duality holds.

I know it's vague, since you don't know the whole context, but has anyone seen something like this before?

Thanks!